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Tax system 'must be fairer'

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The gap between rich and poor is wider now than it has been for the past 40 years, according to National Equality panel report. Labour has made tackling inequality a priority and while some policies have reduced inequality, large gaps still exist.

David Laws, Liberal Democrat spokesman for children, schools and families, discusses his party's inequality policies.

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