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Glorious Devolution
Building a fairer economy relies on relaxing Whitehall’s grip on tax and spending powers via fiscal devolution
Dec 8
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Jason Bunting
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We need HMRC to work better for ordinary taxpayers
Both fairness and our public finances depend on it (a guest post by Mike Lewis at TaxWatch)
Dec 1
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Will Snell
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November 2025
Budget 2025: Fiscal deficit or democratic deficit?
A largely cautious Budget raises questions about how and why bolder ideas for UK tax reform were shelved – not least because the wealthy are clearly not…
Nov 27
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Will Snell
9
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Is Britain broken?
Jack Jeffrey, Senior Researcher at the Fairness Foundation, argues that progress depends on an honest recognition of the problems with Britain's…
Nov 24
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Will Snell
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Do you feel lucky?
Why acknowledging our own good fortune would make the world a better place
Nov 19
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Will Snell
18
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Unliveable
Our new report on how extreme wealth inequality contributes to the risk of suicide
Nov 17
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Anita Sangha
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Is inequality starving the economy?
Exploring the evidence base for how wealth inequality undermines growth, and what we can do about it, with the Academy of Social Sciences
Nov 10
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Will Snell
7
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Cursed by inequality
A summary of the discussion from our recent event with Dr Luke Kemp, author of 'Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse'
Nov 3
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Will Snell
7
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October 2025
A wealth of evidence
Our updated Wealth Gap Risk Register shows that the increasing wealth divide in Britain is wreaking ever more havoc on our economy, society and…
Oct 28
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Will Snell
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Straight Outta Richmal Crompton
The 'Just William' books were read by a generation who also grew up with the security of a functioning social contract. Today's young people are facing…
Oct 20
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Will Snell
10
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Win-Win-Win
Taxing wealth for fairness, revenue and growth
Oct 15
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Will Snell
18
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Four flavours of fairness
Fairness was a common thread running through the Labour, Conservative, Lib Dem and Reform conferences this year
Oct 13
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Jason Bunting
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