THE FAMILY In 1960 research was published on social change and kinship patterns in Swansea which showed how extended family networks operate. Forty years on, a group of social scientists decided to replicate the 1960 survey and track the changes that have taken place in that time. Laurie Taylor is joined by Professor Nickie Charles, one of the co- authors of the new survey to talk about the surprising ways in which family networks persist despite the instability of twenty first century life. INEQUALITY Does it matter that the rich are getting richer at a faster rate than anyone else? What effect does the growing disparity between rich and poor have on society at large? Laurie Taylor explores the reasons for growth in inequality and poverty in the United Kingdom with Professor John Hills, author of Inequality and the State and Professor Ruth Lister author of Poverty. Additional information: ProfessorNickie Charles Professor of Sociology at the University of Swansea Social Change and the Family Chris Harris, Nickie Charles and Charlotte Davies Research (R000238454) funded by ESRC , part of the project: Social change, family formation and kin relationships Nicola (Nickie) Charles Professor John Hills Professor of Social Policy at LSE and Director of the ESRC Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion Inequality and the State Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN 0199276641 A Hundred Years of Poverty and Policy John Hills (Editor), Howard Glennerster (Editor), David Piachaud (Editor) Publisher: York Publishing Services - Joseph Rowntree Foundation ISBN 1859352219 A More Equal Society?: New Labour, Poverty, Inequality and Exclusion John Hills (Editor), Kitty Stewart (Editor) Publisher: The Policy Press ISBN 1861345771 Professor Ruth Lister Professor of Social Policy at Loughborough University, Poverty Publisher: Blackwell Publishing ISBN 0745625649 The Exclusive Society: Citizenship and the Poor Publisher: CPAG ISBN 0946744262 Working Together Against Poverty: Involving Poor People in Action Against Poverty Ruth Lister, Peter Beresford Publisher: Open Services Project ISBN 0951755404