Duncan Exley

Duncan Exley is the former Director of the Equality Trust and the author of The End of Aspiration? Social mobility and our children’s fading prospects, published by Policy Press.

Child plays outside in Hartlepool, England, which has seen extreme social deprivation in recent years

The coronavirus crash will destroy the life chances of our children

Boris can't help ‘middle earners’ if he doesn't know who they are

Here's why Britain stopped being a nation of social climbers

The pay of the average FTSE 100 chief executive increased from £4.1m in 2012 to £4.7m last year

There's no defence for sky-high pay packets when top bosses are worth

He said an awful lot in his Budget speech, but what did it all... mean?

This Budget dressed up policies for the very richest as support for