The Right to Be Simulated: Digital Twins and the Rise of Geo-Algorithmic Inequality
Climate resilience strategies, investment flows, and urban development plans are all increasingly shaped by living models of the real world.
Inequality
More trials with no jury will disadvantage people of colour, charities warn
Reformers say more judge-only trials in England and Wales could lead to more miscarriages of justiceRemoving the right to a jury trial for more offences would disadvantage people of colour and other minorities and lead to more miscarriages of justice, …
Young people in England’s coastal towns three times more likely to have a mental health condition
They are suffering disproportionately and without help, say researchers, and unless they are given a voice, problems will continue to mount upRead more: ‘We’re told we won’t amount to anything’: is it possible to change the fortunes of young people liv…
Australia’s life expectancy gap narrows but men in disadvantaged areas dying almost seven years earlier
Major causes of death contributing to inequality are lung cancer, respiratory illness and heart disease, ANU researchers sayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia has made progress in reducing socioeconomic inequalities in…
Billionaires’ wealth surged $6.5tn over past decade, Oxfam reports
Real-terms gains of $33.9tn for world’s richest 1% ‘enough to end annual global poverty 22 times over’, charity saysThe wealth of the world’s 3,000 billionaires has surged by $6.5tn (£4.8tn) in real terms over the past decade, according to Oxfam, equiv…
Poorest parts of England to get £2.2bn more for NHS to cut care inequalities
Deprived and coastal areas to get extra cash this year for staff and resources in effort to improve health outcomesEngland’s poorest areas will get billions in extra health funding under new government plans to tackle stark inequalities in access to ca…
Children in England’s most deprived areas ‘less likely to achieve development goals by age five’
Unicef UK found they were over twice as far from target of 75% of pre-schoolers reaching ‘good level of development’Children in the most deprived areas of England are less likely to achieve good developmental goals by the age of five, according to the …
Children in England’s most deprived areas ‘less likely to achieve development goals by age five’
Unicef UK found they were over twice as far from target of 75% of pre-schoolers reaching ‘good level of development’Children in the most deprived areas of England are less likely to achieve good developmental goals by the age of five, according to the …
Poorer children more likely to age faster than affluent counterparts, study finds
Biological disadvantages may be shaped in first decade of a child’s life depending on family affluenceChildren from poorer backgrounds are more likely to experience biological disadvantages such as ageing faster than their more affluent counterparts, a…
Labour spending review must be ‘economic reset’, Louise Haigh to say
Exclusive: Ex-minister to call for wealth tax, and Andy Burnham to demand focus on housing and educationNext month’s spending review must be an “economic reset” based on a bold wealth tax and higher public investment, the former cabinet minister Louise…