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July 2025

Inequality Knocks Again
How wealth inequality exacerbates the risks of extreme heat in the UK, and what to do about it
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Will Snell
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The hidden costs of food insecurity
How food insecurity and underlying inequalities increase the risk of eating disorders
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Anita Sangha
Pushing the socio-economic duty up the hill
Welcome (and long overdue) planned legislation, requiring UK public authorities to consider the impacts of policy decisions on socio-economic…
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Will Snell
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A mixed report card: Labour’s first year
A bonus edition of Fair Comment to mark the anniversary of Labour's general election victory, looking at how the government has done against each of our…
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Jason Bunting
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June 2025

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

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