Which of the following do you think is the best approach to poverty:

Which of the following do you think is the best approach to poverty: Published on 16 January 2017 → Survey conducted on 16 January 2017 on 6858 GB adults

All adults

Region

Gender

Politics

Age

Trying to raise the income of the poorest, even if the gap between richest and poorest continues to get bigger

43%

Trying to reduce the size of the gap between the richest and poorest, even if this means that the poorest don't see as big an increase in their income as they might otherwise

27%

Don't know

30%

Trying to raise the income of the poorest, even if the gap between richest and poorest continues to get bigger

43%

Trying to reduce the size of the gap between the richest and poorest, even if this means that the poorest don't see as big an increase in their income as they might otherwise

27%

Don't know

30%

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