Stop fretting about poorer men being single and get on with tackling poverty | Simon Jenkins

Endless leftwing research into Britain’s growing gap between rich and poor is a waste of time. We need to set aside partisan politics and act

Men from poor families are more likely to be single. So says the august Institute for Fiscal Studies. This follows studies “showing” that poor people are getting poorer and rich richer, that poor young people are getting poorer than their parents, and than old people. Poor people die younger. They get divorced more often. They do worse at school. They ea...