Can compulsory voting make politics fairer?

Our new report explains why electoral turnout is a fairness issue, and how to fix it

Oct 5 • Jason Bunting

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September 2026

Hidden Wiring

Can a framework that disaggregates wealth inequality into three aspects help build consensus on the harms that it causes, and ultimately on what to do…

Sep 28 • Will Snell

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Join us at Labour Party Conference 2026

This year, we’re running two main events at Labour Party Conference in partnership with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. We’d be delighted to see you…

Sep 22 • Jason Bunting

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Getting an airing

My book launched last week. Here are the most interesting challenges to the ideas from the launch event, and how I’d respond to them.

Sep 14 • Will Snell

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Stripping the price tag from politics

Removing elite influence from our politics requires the imposition of a cap on party donations

Sep 7 • Jason Bunting

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August 2026

August 2026 roundup

This month, we asked the hard questions about wealth and power, exploring the systemic barriers that hold us back from taking more meaningful action to…

Aug 31 • Jason Bunting

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We can’t have fairness without the nation-state

Jack Jeffrey argues that we need to revitalise a ‘politics of national preference’

Aug 24 • Will Snell

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Four locked doors

What it will take for the Burnham government to build a fairer Britain

Aug 17 • Will Snell

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Three ways to skin a cat

Taxing wealth has to be part of our response to wealth inequality, but we also need to spread wealth wider at source and put 'guardrails' in place to…

Aug 10 • Will Snell

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Why is no one asking billionaires difficult questions?

High levels of wealth inequality are damaging our society, economy and democracy. But these arguments are rarely rehearsed when billionaires are…

Aug 3 • Will Snell

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July 2026

July 2026 roundup

From the billionaire wealth machine of private equity to the tax system’s built-in bias against work, we make the case for making fairness the…

Jul 27 • Jason Bunting

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How to get Britain behind Burnham’s new vision?

Britons want change, but they need a story that makes sense of it. Will Snell, Fairness Foundation, sets out the conception of fairness that can hold…

Published on HopeWorks • Jul 22