Hard Work

By Polly Toynbee

Format: Hardback

Published by: Bloomsbury Publishing (2003)

ISBN: 0747564159

Britain has the lowest social spending and the highest poverty in Europe. As the income gap between top and bottom has widened, so social mobility has shuddered to a halt. The low-paid are caught in an economic double bind that victimises them and shames the rest of us.