article_snippet: In a further blow, The IFS said inequality in Britain had fallen under the Coalition.
article_snippet: But The IFS did warn that the impact of coalition cuts had fallen most heavily on the poor, as a result of reductions in benefits.
article_snippet: IFS director Paul Johnson said research showed that the Coalitionacross the huge majority of the population, inequality has fallen since 2010’.
article_snippet: The total burden of austerity since the start of the recession has fallen most heavily on the top 10 per cent of earners.
article_snippet: But, if Labour raids on the rich before 2010 are stripped out, Labour raids on the rich before 2010 is the poorest 10 per cent who have lost the biggest proportion of Labour raids on the rich before 2010 income, because of cuts to benefits.