Economic and Social Inequality

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Social Justice – in the Senedd at 2:17 pm on 22 September 2021.

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Photo of Jane Hutt Jane Hutt Labour 2:17, 22 September 2021

The pandemic has highlighted the stark inequalities between those with protected characteristics and their peers. Analysis of the socioeconomic impact of coronavirus shows that those who were already vulnerable have been hardest hit. The damaging decision by the UK Government to end the £20 uplift will further entrench these disparities.