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Failing the fairness test on social security
The government’s rhetoric on fairness doesn’t match reality when it comes to social security cuts
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Will Snell
The disability wealth gap
A recent report on high levels of income poverty among disabled people complements emerging evidence about the barriers faced by disabled people in…
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Anita Sangha
Inequality and suicide
“Suicide prevention is everyone’s business”, and Labour promised to make it theirs. But the government is failing to tackle one of the biggest risk…
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Anita Sangha
Our response to the spending review
A missed opportunity to confront the structural challenges facing our economy
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Will Snell
Tackling poverty requires a radically different economic model
Repairing the frayed social safety net is a moral, political and policy priority, but we must look deeper to identify and tackle the root causes of…
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Will Snell
Is growth a precondition for fairness?
Jack Jeffrey argues that we need to rethink growth rather than seeing it as a necessary first step in building a fairer society and economy
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Will Snell

May 2025

A fairer system of land development
A guest post from Peter Taylor-Gooby, Emeritus Professor at the University of Kent
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Will Snell
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Hoovering up the cake
The latest edition of the Sunday Times Rich List raises some uncomfortable questions about how much wealth in the UK is created and how much is simply…
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Will Snell
The vision thing
Labour in government still lacks a positive overarching vision for the future of Britain. Evidence from overseas suggests that voters like visions, and…
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Will Snell
It's time for politics to look to the future
Our new report, 'Mission to the Future', looks to Wales and elsewhere for lessons on how to embed a desperately needed long-term outlook into UK…
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Will Snell

April 2025

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