The gap between rich and poor in Britain is now greater than 40 years ago, a government-commissioned report.
Deep and systemic differences exist between men and women and minorities in the wages and employment, met National Equality Panel.
He said that, in areas such as the renewal of neighborhoods, taxes and education, political action needed to reduce inequalities.
The questions that you need a sustained and accurate, equalities minister Harriet Harman said.
But in the interest of achieving the right of all to their full potential for the sake of a strong economy and based on merit and ensuring a peaceful and united, is the challenge, he added.
Apparent discrimination against ethnic minorities was revealed in the report to engage with almost all minority groups are less likely to be in paid employment by a white British men and women.
The group – founded by the government in 2008 – found that although women under the age of 44 with better grades than men, the men are still paid more than 21% per hour.
However, the authors asked that some of the biggest differences within social groups.
For women who work often earn less than 7.20 per hour, far less than the 9.90 average pay across the country.
Most political parties and people on the idea of equal opportunities , group chairman, Professor John Hills of the London School of Economics, told the BBC.
The challenge is provided by our relationship with all political parties to ask how to get on the same basis, if there are important differences between the various people who have means at their disposal.
The things that you can buy a house in the catchment area of a good school or you can help your children on the housing ladder. These differences are very great.