The stories (not) told about places

A second guest post by Charlie Chan, Director of United Communities, on the importance of knowing a community from the inside and of working with…

15 hrs ago • Will Snell

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April 2026 roundup

Exploring wealth, freedom and lived experience: how Britain's economy shapes who has power, and how policy decisions ripple through real lives

May 4 • Jason Bunting

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April 2026

Policy is personal

A guest post by Charlie Chan, Director of United Communities, reflecting on her own experience of the real-life impacts of policy decisions

Apr 27 • Will Snell

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The Right Way to Argue About Wealth

Progressives are in danger of losing the argument about wealth. Jack Jeffrey, Fairness Foundation, shows how republican political theory might help them…

Published on HopeWorks • Apr 24

A brief history of rentierism

An interview with Brett Christophers, author of 'Rentier Capitalism: Who Owns the Economy, and Who Pays for It?'

Apr 20 • Will Snell

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Why Wealth Matters

A write-up of a recent joint event with the Policy Lab at University College London about republican political theory, featuring Stuart White, author of…

Apr 13 • Will Snell

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March 2026

March 2026 roundup

From Britain's broken political economy to entrenched inequality, this month we tackled the systems shaping who gets ahead in Britain, and how to fix…

Mar 30 • Jason Bunting

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Escaping The State We're In

Reflections from the parliamentary launch last Thursday of our new report, written by Will Hutton

Mar 23 • Will Snell

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The politics of property taxation

And a sneak preview of our report by Will Hutton coming out later this week

Mar 16 • Will Snell

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A Tale of Two City-Dwellers

Our new report shines a light on how the racial wealth gap affects life chances

Mar 9 • Jason Bunting

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North by North Westminster

Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, talks to Jason Bunting about how to build a fairer economy in all places

Mar 2 • Jason Bunting

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February 2026

February 2026 roundup

Making the case for a new economic agenda that can tackle wealth extraction, reform our tax system and restore trust in democracy

Feb 23 • Jason Bunting

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