Living standards continue to diverge within many economically advanced countries as poorer regions struggle to catch up with richer ones. Half of the 34 OECD countries have seen the income gap between their best-off and worst-off regions widen since the 2008 crisis, according to new OECD research.

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Near-unconditional cash transfers are the most efficient form of relief

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Barcelona defender Gerard Pique demanded unity on and off the pitch after his side finally banished their away day demons with a 2-0 win at Getafe.

Valencia president Anil Murthy has taken aim directly at Barcelona following the Catalan side's derisory deadline day bid to sign star striker Rodrigo.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson possesses so much talent that she finished the first day of the heptathlon in Gotzis in second, despite finishing dead last after an inexplicably poor shot put.

The 47-year-old EastEnders star - who is now based in Malibu, California - took to Instagram on Tuesday to share her emotional post.

Deepak, 50, was interviewed in Hastings during a segment about how the beach was deserted and eagle-eyed viewers were quick to recognise the 90's icon on Sunday's BBC news.

Speaking to The Mirror on Saturday about the ordeal, the TV personality, 24, said she tried out for Our Girl, but lost out to Michelle Keegan following a car-crash audition.

No doubt the pair are anxious to up their game after scoring just 24 points out of a possible 40 for their quickstep to The Muppet Show theme on Monday's episode of the ABC reality competition.

The Rugby Football League made a loss of £327,000 in 2018, which it says was largely due to the low crowd for the Challenge Cup final.

Just when you thought Justin Beiber's influence on his teenage fans could not get any bigger, he's now deciding what they should smell like.

As if we didn’t have enough to do fighting crows’ feet, grey hairs and chipped nail polish, it seems that there is a new body part coming under scrutiny: the armpit.

IAN LADYMAN: Chris Wilder has enjoyed his time in the Premier League but thinks it is nowhere near as exacting a division as he thought and has been surprised by the lack of quality in the top flight.

England manager Gareth Southgate has backed his No 1 goalkeeper despite his patchy form this season. Pickford again came under the microscope with a mistake at the weekend.

Victor Lindelof pulled no punches after Sweden's 1-1 stalemate with Norway in Euro 2020 qualifying, and placed the blame firmly at his own doorstep.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak once spoke about the closure of a local pub in his Richmond constituency in North Yorkshire and his regret over the loss. Now one third of his constituents face the dole.

A tiny dog abandoned on the tube in soaring heatwave temperatures is now looking for a loving new home. The poor Chihuahua cross - now named George Michael - was scared and confused.

The top ten billionaires including Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg have a combined net worth of $858billion (£662bn).

Greta Thunberg, 16, changed her Twitter biography after Vladimir Putin called her 'a poorly informed teenager' who was being 'used by adults' at an energy forum in Moscow on Wednesday.

Lydia Bright has revealed she feared her 'poorly' daughter Loretta would have to be taken to hospital after she refused to feed and suffered a high temperature.

Sydney's CBD has been transformed into a display of light for Vivid but not all punters were pleased with the festival. Many have taken to social media to slam the crowd control as overbearing.

Former Ipswich, Spurs, Manchester United and Scotland forward Brazil — who now works as a radio pundit — claimed that Bellerin would be a much better player if he went back to eating meat.

According to New York Times bestselling author Ian Halperin, Jennifer Aniston is 'having the last laugh', particularly over old rival Angelina Jolie.

TALK OF THE TOWN: Harry Styles was considered by Disney to star alongside Halle Bailey, right, in a reboot of The Little Mermaid, but he didn't go down well with the producers.

The Barcelona star has scored just one goal in four appearances for Argentina at the tournament, a penalty against Paraguay, although they are into the semi-finals.

It is the ultimate irony – bailiffs knocking on the door of Wonga, the payday loan company. There is no place in a just society for a company that charges interest of up to 1,311 per cent.

Just 7,266 fans were in the stands on Sunday with the women's 100 metres final - when Dina Asher-Smith claimed silver behind Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce - in front of a bare stadium.

Oscar Pistorius was being portrayed as a 'poor victim' ahead of his sentencing for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, the chief prosecutor said on Tuesday during day two of the hearing in Pretoria.

Basket case Caterham will go to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after raising enough funds through their ‘crowdfunding’ scheme, a move that has not been met with joy by Bernie Ecclestone.

Marianne Williamson called the current wave of criticism of Hillary Clinton "offensive to women," while belittling President Trump's boasts that he's a peacemaker.

James Ibori (pictured), who previously lived in Middlesex, was jailed for 13 years for fraud and money laundering back in 2012 and is yet to pay any of the money back.

Jon Kraushar, a renowned Republican consultant who helped coach Jeb Bush's father and brother to presidential victories over the past 30 years is now being called to help Jeb Bush himself.

Sir Desmond Swayne, Tory MP for New Forest West, Hampshire, said he 'apologised to anyone whom I gave offence' after he was blasted for saying low income families are 'among the fattest.'

The pension incomes of Britain's richest retirees are now 17 times higher than those of the poorest as the gap between the two has nearly doubled over the past decade.

Mike Sonko, governor of the Kenyan capital, announced the parcels would contain miniatures of premium brandy at a typically flamboyant news conference on Tuesday.

Sara Vahabi said in court docs that she attended the September 23, 2018 show- which was in their On the Run II tour - and left her purse at a tent for check ins prior to going into the venue.

Food blogger and fashion influencer Karylle Banez took to Instagram to complain about the disappointing service she allegedly receiving while dining at Leigh Street Wine Room in Adelaide.

De La Rue predicted that adjusted operating profit for the 12 months ending March 27 would be between £20m and £25m, in line with earlier guidance. This is a major drop on the previous year.

MIKE DICKSON IN MADRID: Andy Murray, heavy-legged and relying purely on his old fighting instincts, avoided a shock defeat on his return to Davis Cup tennis by the narrowest of margins.

The award-winning Bollywood actress, 34, (pictured) daughter of Slumdog Millionaire star Anil Kapoor, said her driver was 'unstable'.

ALEX BRUMMER: The fact is that, as Britain looks to become more global in the post-Brexit era, it desperately needs more runway capacity in the prosperous south-east if we are not to lose out.

Rich people are the leading cause of climate change according to a new study from researchers at the University of Leeds, consuming more for transportation and home energy needs.

MARTIN SAMUEL - COMMENT: Amid a global pandemic, PFA chief Gordon Taylor is responsible for professional footballers becoming the easiest target.

Paying a £3,000 credit card bill over two years could cost £1,979 more in interest to an appliccant with a bad credit rating, according to data from TotallyMoney and Moneycomms.

The actor and filmmaker passed away at a Mumbai hospital on Monday, aged 79, following a long illness. He will be remembered for a 'understated and charming' personality that cut across genres.

He said the the government was caste- and religion-neutral

Two-part survey by govt gives top ratings to reforms in railways, power and roads. Modi's pet schemes score poorly