Top earners 'do best from recovery'

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%The highest earners have been the biggest winners from the economic recovery so far, according to figures compiled for Labour.

Analysis by the House of Commons Library found the top 1% - around 300,000 people - increased their share of national after-tax income from 8.2% in 2012-13 to 9.8% last year.