Having a “debate” on something that won’t happen very much runs the risk of looking indecisive.

You may need economic growth to lift people out of poverty, but we need to think about how it will be shared.

If something doesn’t seem right, apply your ‘basic common sense’ test, even for well regarded international reports.

WCC has a substantially increased upper salary bill, and the alternative has been open to them to redirect that salary bill increase towards their lowest paid earners.

Does anyone who has been overseas think that we are wealthier on average than the Swedes? The Dutch? The French?

Just because housing costs are making inequality worse doesn’t mean they are the main driver, or even “significant”.

These wealthy individuals do have huge variations in their net worth, with sums unimaginable to most of us appearing and disappearing in the blink of an eye.

On most measures, income inequality is either at the highest level it has been since records began in 1982, or is very close to that level.

I think the concern about inequality and poverty is a deep one. The words have entered the mainstream narrative about this country, and changing that will require big, structural shifts.

On the scale of ridiculous and wasteful things celebrities do, Beyonce’s act, though particularly blatant, isn’t a huge misdemeanour.