The chancellor is right to say that income inequality is at its lowest level in 30 years, but that does not mean the government is delivering a fairer Britain.

'Today,' said the chancellor in last month’s Budget, 'income inequality is at its lowest level in 30 years. …The poorest 10% have seen their real incomes grow faster since 2010 than the richest 10%. And the proportion of full-time jobs that are low paid is at its lowest for 20 years. A Conservative Government [is] delivering a fairer Britain.'

But is it? And if so, why in recent weeks, have we seen prominent, public resignations in protest of a lack of leadership and progress on tackling economic and social injustices? George Freeman MP, former chair of the No.10 Policy Unit, was damning of the government’s failure to have 'framed a coherent economic programme to tackle the underlying causes of the economic injustices which so many voted against in the election.' Alan Milburn, chair, Social Mobility Commission, was equally scathing; 'It’s easy to talk the language of social justice and healing social division. What counts is whether or not that is being translated into practice.'