BBC news articles:
'More inequality' in rich nations - Since 2000, income inequality had risen sharply in the US and Germany and declined in the UK, Mexico and Greece. Poverty is defined as applying to households with less than half the median income.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7681435.stm
Also:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7681361.stm
Are you better off under Labour? - Income inequality in 2003/4 was around 40% higher by the commonly used measure (the Gini coefficient) than when Mrs Thatcher came to power.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/issues/4469615.stm
