Don’t mention this around the Christmas table: Brexit, inequality and the demographic divide

A great deal of research has already been conducted on why the UK voted to leave the EU in June 2016 and which groups of voters were most likely to back leave and remain. Danny Dorling, Ben Stuart and Joshua Stubbs present a comprehensive analysis of the vote, writing that although there is generally a stark age divide amongst voters concerning the European Union, the same can also potentially be said for divides in the spread and centralisation of wealth across the UK.

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation: Report: Brexit vote explained: poverty, low skills and lack of opportunities, August 2016 https://www.jrf.org.uk/report/brexit-vote-explained-poverty-low-skills-and-lack-opportunities

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