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David Cameron finally admitted income equality had nosedived under his leadership, in a humiliating slip up at Prime Minister's Questions.

And as if to rub salt in the wound, the Tory press office tweeted out his unfortunate admission word for word.

Responding to a question from Labour's Debbie Abrahams on equal pay, the Prime Minister said, proudly: "Well, I'm a great supporter of transparency in these things, as we've proved in the government.

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"Let's be clear, since I've become Prime Minister, income equality has actually fallen, whereas it went up under Labour.

"Those are the facts."

Just moments later, the official Conservative HQ Twitter account tweeted: "PM: Since I became PM, income equality has fallen - it went up under Labour. #PMQs"

The unfortunate gaffe was quickly seized upon by Labour's press team, who retweeted it with glee.

According to new figures from the OECD group, the average income of the richest 10% of people in the UK is almost 10 times as large as for the poorest.

That's 0.5% higher than the average in OECD member countries.

Read more:Who won Prime Minister's Questions?

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The level of income inequality in the UK has been way above the average level in the OECD for the last three decades, and has remained roughly the same since Mr Cameron came to power in 2010.

The most recent figures suggest the UK's levels of income inequality are the sixth highest in the OECD.