Sentence examples for widened inequality from inspiring English sources

Withdrawing investment from public services, cutting benefits and cancelling contracts with the private sector increased the numbers in poverty, widened inequality and left millions facing long-term unemployment.

Flawed policies – not just austerity, but also misguided so-called structural reforms, which widened inequality and thus further weakened overall demand and potential growth – have undoubtedly made matters worse.

The growth of large-scale migration is after all part of the system of corporate globalisation that took hold in the past 30 years and widened inequality both within and between countries.

Six years of Tory government has just widened inequality: there's been no proper plan for the science investment and digital skills we need, while social security, protection and solidarity are being undermined.

The main reason Osbornomics has failed to meet its targets is that relentless cuts in real terms pay, throttled growth and rampant job insecurity have delivered lower tax receipts and boosted demand for benefits, while tax cuts for the wealthy have widened inequality.

Since Ronald Reagan moved into the White House, Republican policies have widened inequality.

The last six years has seen unprecedented food inflation that has hurt the poor and widened inequalities in an already unequal society.

The Lithuanian experience does not support the fear that recent tobacco control policies may have widened inequalities in smoking outcomes.

What's to blame, then, for America's widening inequality?

If it widens inequality as a side-effect, who cares?

Germans have a low tolerance for measures that widen inequality.