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Putting fairness at the heart of public debate and policymaking in the UK.
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📌 Our Budget verdict: Ending the unfair two-child limit on Universal Credit is welcome, but the overall package is a missed opportunity. 🧵
🔗 Full analysis: www.faircomment.co.uk/p/budget-202...
🔗 Full analysis: www.faircomment.co.uk/p/budget-202...
November 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
📌 Our Budget verdict: Ending the unfair two-child limit on Universal Credit is welcome, but the overall package is a missed opportunity. 🧵
🔗 Full analysis: www.faircomment.co.uk/p/budget-202...
🔗 Full analysis: www.faircomment.co.uk/p/budget-202...
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Are you happy to let aristocrats and tech billionaires speak for you? If so, you'll love our new report in the Guardian on money, the media, and the House of Lords 👇
‘Unelected power’ of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims
‘Unelected power’ of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims
Equality Trust study shows how House of Lords appointments, big donations and media concentration affects political decision
Structural corruption and the rise of “conduits for unelected power” are reshaping British politics, according to a stark report from the Equality Trust.
Unelected influence has surged over the past two decades, the report claims, driven by the growing political clout of the ultra-rich and the institutions that enable it. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Are you happy to let aristocrats and tech billionaires speak for you? If so, you'll love our new report in the Guardian on money, the media, and the House of Lords 👇
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Will Snell of @fairness.bsky.social assesses the UK Budget:
“Failing to increase capital gains tax rates and leaving the top tax rate on dividends untouched meant that the very rich were let off the hook”.
See more in our latest post #LSEInequalitiesBlog
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“Failing to increase capital gains tax rates and leaving the top tax rate on dividends untouched meant that the very rich were let off the hook”.
See more in our latest post #LSEInequalitiesBlog
buff.ly/3FnrGNZ
UK Budget 2025: Fiscal deficit or democratic deficit?
Expert analysis on the 2025 UK Budget. Reeves avoided important tax reforms, with the wealthy still not paying their fair share (income tax, capital gains, etc)
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Will Snell of @fairness.bsky.social assesses the UK Budget:
“Failing to increase capital gains tax rates and leaving the top tax rate on dividends untouched meant that the very rich were let off the hook”.
See more in our latest post #LSEInequalitiesBlog
buff.ly/3FnrGNZ
“Failing to increase capital gains tax rates and leaving the top tax rate on dividends untouched meant that the very rich were let off the hook”.
See more in our latest post #LSEInequalitiesBlog
buff.ly/3FnrGNZ
The decision to lift the two-child limit on Universal Credit is the fair choice.
The limit introduced random & unjustifiable unfairness between children in larger families born before and after the policy change.
🔗 Read our previous research on the 2CL here: fairnessfoundation.com/two-child-li...
The limit introduced random & unjustifiable unfairness between children in larger families born before and after the policy change.
🔗 Read our previous research on the 2CL here: fairnessfoundation.com/two-child-li...
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The decision to lift the two-child limit on Universal Credit is the fair choice.
The limit introduced random & unjustifiable unfairness between children in larger families born before and after the policy change.
🔗 Read our previous research on the 2CL here: fairnessfoundation.com/two-child-li...
The limit introduced random & unjustifiable unfairness between children in larger families born before and after the policy change.
🔗 Read our previous research on the 2CL here: fairnessfoundation.com/two-child-li...
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 economic model www.faircomment.co.uk/p/is-britain...
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 economic model
www.faircomment.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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 economic model www.faircomment.co.uk/p/is-britain...
Thanks to Jane Dodds MS for citing our research in a Senedd debate on wealth taxation yesterday 👇
📉The evidence is clear- extreme wealth inequality harms economic growth & undermines living standards.
🤝Next week’s Budget is a chance to address that inequality and build a fairer society for all.
📉The evidence is clear- extreme wealth inequality harms economic growth & undermines living standards.
🤝Next week’s Budget is a chance to address that inequality and build a fairer society for all.
November 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Thanks to Jane Dodds MS for citing our research in a Senedd debate on wealth taxation yesterday 👇
📉The evidence is clear- extreme wealth inequality harms economic growth & undermines living standards.
🤝Next week’s Budget is a chance to address that inequality and build a fairer society for all.
📉The evidence is clear- extreme wealth inequality harms economic growth & undermines living standards.
🤝Next week’s Budget is a chance to address that inequality and build a fairer society for all.
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👩⚕️👨🚒🤵 Doctors, firefighters, even the super-rich themselves can see it… so why can’t Rachel Reeves?
It’s time to tax the super‑rich & invest in our collective future.
Yesterday, we delivered over 700,000 signatures demanding that the govt delivers #TaxJustice at the budget.
It’s time to tax the super‑rich & invest in our collective future.
Yesterday, we delivered over 700,000 signatures demanding that the govt delivers #TaxJustice at the budget.
November 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
👩⚕️👨🚒🤵 Doctors, firefighters, even the super-rich themselves can see it… so why can’t Rachel Reeves?
It’s time to tax the super‑rich & invest in our collective future.
Yesterday, we delivered over 700,000 signatures demanding that the govt delivers #TaxJustice at the budget.
It’s time to tax the super‑rich & invest in our collective future.
Yesterday, we delivered over 700,000 signatures demanding that the govt delivers #TaxJustice at the budget.
Do you feel lucky? Why acknowledging our own good fortune would make the world a better place. An article by our founder, Julian Richer: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Do you feel lucky? Why acknowledging our own good fortune would make the world a better place | Julian Richer
I have been fortunate, and I know it. Now I’d like more successful people to admit that meritocracy is a myth, says Julian Richer, founder of Richer Sounds
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Do you feel lucky? Why acknowledging our own good fortune would make the world a better place. An article by our founder, Julian Richer: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
🚨Today, Tax Watch's annual State of Tax Administration report reveals that just 61% say HMRC treated them fairly in 2024.
📉That's well below the proportion of small (76%) and large (87%) businesses who say the same.
Read more here: www.taxwatchuk.org/state-of-tax...
📉That's well below the proportion of small (76%) and large (87%) businesses who say the same.
Read more here: www.taxwatchuk.org/state-of-tax...
State of Tax Administration 2025
The fourth of TaxWatch’s annual data deep-dives into the administration of the UK tax system, covering the 2024-25 tax year. Using published data and extensive figures obtained via Freedom of Informat...
www.taxwatchuk.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
🚨Today, Tax Watch's annual State of Tax Administration report reveals that just 61% say HMRC treated them fairly in 2024.
📉That's well below the proportion of small (76%) and large (87%) businesses who say the same.
Read more here: www.taxwatchuk.org/state-of-tax...
📉That's well below the proportion of small (76%) and large (87%) businesses who say the same.
Read more here: www.taxwatchuk.org/state-of-tax...
We’re at Parliament today to support @patmillsuk.bsky.social & the call to tax wealth more than work in next week’s Budget 👇
November 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
We’re at Parliament today to support @patmillsuk.bsky.social & the call to tax wealth more than work in next week’s Budget 👇
⚠️Content warning: Suicide and mental health
📢Our new report, in partnership with @d-liveability.bsky.social, explores how extreme wealth inequality may act as a driver of suicide by undermining the foundations that make life liveable.
Read the full report here: fairnessfoundation.com/unliveable
📢Our new report, in partnership with @d-liveability.bsky.social, explores how extreme wealth inequality may act as a driver of suicide by undermining the foundations that make life liveable.
Read the full report here: fairnessfoundation.com/unliveable
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
⚠️Content warning: Suicide and mental health
📢Our new report, in partnership with @d-liveability.bsky.social, explores how extreme wealth inequality may act as a driver of suicide by undermining the foundations that make life liveable.
Read the full report here: fairnessfoundation.com/unliveable
📢Our new report, in partnership with @d-liveability.bsky.social, explores how extreme wealth inequality may act as a driver of suicide by undermining the foundations that make life liveable.
Read the full report here: fairnessfoundation.com/unliveable
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Wealth inequality in the UK is higher than it was 30 years ago and far greater than income inequality.
The new Wealth Gap Risk Register from @fairness.bsky.social explains why this matters and how wealth disparities affect every part of society, from housing and health to gender equality.
The new Wealth Gap Risk Register from @fairness.bsky.social explains why this matters and how wealth disparities affect every part of society, from housing and health to gender equality.
❗️Our new research shows how the wealth gap grew by 54% between 2011 & 2021, locking more and more people out of a fair chance to succeed.
📈Our Wealth Gap Risk Register 2025 reveals how this extreme divide holds back economic growth & harms community cohesion.
🔗 fairnessfoundation.com/risks-2025
📈Our Wealth Gap Risk Register 2025 reveals how this extreme divide holds back economic growth & harms community cohesion.
🔗 fairnessfoundation.com/risks-2025
November 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Wealth inequality in the UK is higher than it was 30 years ago and far greater than income inequality.
The new Wealth Gap Risk Register from @fairness.bsky.social explains why this matters and how wealth disparities affect every part of society, from housing and health to gender equality.
The new Wealth Gap Risk Register from @fairness.bsky.social explains why this matters and how wealth disparities affect every part of society, from housing and health to gender equality.
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Breaking the tax pledge is the right call...and politically sulphurous. Reeves must argue, far more forcefully, that taxes are *the* essential downpayment we all pay for a fairer society.
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
If Labour want a fairer society, they must argue for it
Labour must make the political argument: taxes are the critical downpayment we all pay to live in a fairer society.
It now seems all but certain that direct taxes will rise in the forthcoming Budget...
renewal.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Breaking the tax pledge is the right call...and politically sulphurous. Reeves must argue, far more forcefully, that taxes are *the* essential downpayment we all pay for a fairer society.
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
Proud to have joined over 100 other organisations in calling on the government to lift the unfair two-child limit 👇
We’ve joined 100+ others in calling for the government to fully scrap the two-child limit. Every child deserves the best start in life. By fully scrapping the two-child limit the government can deliver a decisive shift in children’s opportunities, and in the UK's potential.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Proud to have joined over 100 other organisations in calling on the government to lift the unfair two-child limit 👇
Fascinating insights in this new report from @demos-uk.bsky.social @peterhyman.bsky.social
At the heart of young people’s agenda for change is economic fairness & a clear demand for an economic system that tackles the insecurity and precariousness shaping their lives.
Read the full report below 👇
At the heart of young people’s agenda for change is economic fairness & a clear demand for an economic system that tackles the insecurity and precariousness shaping their lives.
Read the full report below 👇
🗳️ 16-year-olds are about to get the vote - but how well do adults *really* know what they think?
A new Demos report sets out to answer this question by talking to more than 700 students aged 16-18 across Britain.
A new Demos report sets out to answer this question by talking to more than 700 students aged 16-18 across Britain.
November 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Fascinating insights in this new report from @demos-uk.bsky.social @peterhyman.bsky.social
At the heart of young people’s agenda for change is economic fairness & a clear demand for an economic system that tackles the insecurity and precariousness shaping their lives.
Read the full report below 👇
At the heart of young people’s agenda for change is economic fairness & a clear demand for an economic system that tackles the insecurity and precariousness shaping their lives.
Read the full report below 👇
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Earlier this year, as part of our Achieving Good Growth project, we convened an expert round table with @fairness.bsky.social to discuss the evidence for the relationship between wealth inequality & growth in the UK, & potential policy responses. Find out more ➡️
Wealth inequality and growth in the UK – Academy of Social Sciences
November 2025
acss.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Earlier this year, as part of our Achieving Good Growth project, we convened an expert round table with @fairness.bsky.social to discuss the evidence for the relationship between wealth inequality & growth in the UK, & potential policy responses. Find out more ➡️
Wealth inequality harms our economy in five ways - reducing demand, wasting talent, extracting wealth, skewing investment and undermining competition. Read more about the evidence base - and how to fill the gaps in it - in our joint briefing with @acadsocsciences.bsky.social, written up here 👇
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
www.faircomment.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Wealth inequality harms our economy in five ways - reducing demand, wasting talent, extracting wealth, skewing investment and undermining competition. Read more about the evidence base - and how to fill the gaps in it - in our joint briefing with @acadsocsciences.bsky.social, written up here 👇
Families on lower incomes are almost twice as likely to have to deal with damp or mould & 4 times as likely to live in homes that are too cold.
We're backing the new campaign from @healthequals.bsky.social exposing the impact of unsafe homes.
Find out more: healthequals.org.uk/hazmat-loung...
We're backing the new campaign from @healthequals.bsky.social exposing the impact of unsafe homes.
Find out more: healthequals.org.uk/hazmat-loung...
If you are on a lower income, you’re more likely to have issues like damp, mould and cold in your home.
Hazmat loungewear is not a real solution to this problem. Explore what we're calling for to #MakeHealthEqual. 👉️https://bit.ly/4nHViVo
Hazmat loungewear is not a real solution to this problem. Explore what we're calling for to #MakeHealthEqual. 👉️https://bit.ly/4nHViVo
November 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Families on lower incomes are almost twice as likely to have to deal with damp or mould & 4 times as likely to live in homes that are too cold.
We're backing the new campaign from @healthequals.bsky.social exposing the impact of unsafe homes.
Find out more: healthequals.org.uk/hazmat-loung...
We're backing the new campaign from @healthequals.bsky.social exposing the impact of unsafe homes.
Find out more: healthequals.org.uk/hazmat-loung...
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The UK lost £11 BILLION to multinational corporations cheating on their taxes from 2016 to 2021.
Who's robbed us? Our govts know— they have the tax records— but have kept them from the public due to a US-backed global gag order. #NameTheTaxCheaters
Report from @taxjustice.net 👉 bit.ly/taxjustice25
Who's robbed us? Our govts know— they have the tax records— but have kept them from the public due to a US-backed global gag order. #NameTheTaxCheaters
Report from @taxjustice.net 👉 bit.ly/taxjustice25
November 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The UK lost £11 BILLION to multinational corporations cheating on their taxes from 2016 to 2021.
Who's robbed us? Our govts know— they have the tax records— but have kept them from the public due to a US-backed global gag order. #NameTheTaxCheaters
Report from @taxjustice.net 👉 bit.ly/taxjustice25
Who's robbed us? Our govts know— they have the tax records— but have kept them from the public due to a US-backed global gag order. #NameTheTaxCheaters
Report from @taxjustice.net 👉 bit.ly/taxjustice25
What can we learn from previous societies where rampant inequality undermined social cohesion, in many cases to the point of collapse? We've just published the write-up of our event with Dr Luke Kemp, author of 'Goliath's Curse', with @dhnnjyn.bsky.social and @warstudieskcl.bsky.social
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'
www.faircomment.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
What can we learn from previous societies where rampant inequality undermined social cohesion, in many cases to the point of collapse? We've just published the write-up of our event with Dr Luke Kemp, author of 'Goliath's Curse', with @dhnnjyn.bsky.social and @warstudieskcl.bsky.social
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On the International Day of Care and Support, this week’s New Economy Brief explores what the Carer's Allowance scandal tells us about how our economy and society undervalue care: neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/w...
October 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
On the International Day of Care and Support, this week’s New Economy Brief explores what the Carer's Allowance scandal tells us about how our economy and society undervalue care: neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/w...
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New research from @fairness.bsky.social shows how wealth inequality is harming our economy & society - featuring our work on the gender wealth gap. On average, men hold £378,079 compared to women’s £300,017 – a 21% gap.
Taxing wealth would both generate vital revenue and address gender inequality.
Taxing wealth would both generate vital revenue and address gender inequality.
The wealth gap between rich and poor increased by over 50% from 2011 to 2021, to over £11.5 trillion. Find out more about the impacts on our society, economy, democracy and environment, and what we can do about it, from our updated Wealth Gap Risk Register.
Wealth Gap Risk Register 2025
An online resource that collates evidence about the impacts of wealth inequality, the solutions and public attitudes to all of the above
fairnessfoundation.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
New research from @fairness.bsky.social shows how wealth inequality is harming our economy & society - featuring our work on the gender wealth gap. On average, men hold £378,079 compared to women’s £300,017 – a 21% gap.
Taxing wealth would both generate vital revenue and address gender inequality.
Taxing wealth would both generate vital revenue and address gender inequality.
❗️Our new research shows how the wealth gap grew by 54% between 2011 & 2021, locking more and more people out of a fair chance to succeed.
📈Our Wealth Gap Risk Register 2025 reveals how this extreme divide holds back economic growth & harms community cohesion.
🔗 fairnessfoundation.com/risks-2025
📈Our Wealth Gap Risk Register 2025 reveals how this extreme divide holds back economic growth & harms community cohesion.
🔗 fairnessfoundation.com/risks-2025
October 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
❗️Our new research shows how the wealth gap grew by 54% between 2011 & 2021, locking more and more people out of a fair chance to succeed.
📈Our Wealth Gap Risk Register 2025 reveals how this extreme divide holds back economic growth & harms community cohesion.
🔗 fairnessfoundation.com/risks-2025
📈Our Wealth Gap Risk Register 2025 reveals how this extreme divide holds back economic growth & harms community cohesion.
🔗 fairnessfoundation.com/risks-2025
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“The wealth gap is choking off growth, funnelling resources into property and financial assets rather than productive investment. It is worsening the housing crisis, which now stands as both a symptom and a driver of broader inequality”
@fairness.bsky.social
fairnessfoundation.com/risks-2025
@fairness.bsky.social
fairnessfoundation.com/risks-2025
Wealth Gap Risk Register 2025
An online resource that collates evidence about the impacts of wealth inequality, the solutions and public attitudes to all of the above
fairnessfoundation.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:22 AM
“The wealth gap is choking off growth, funnelling resources into property and financial assets rather than productive investment. It is worsening the housing crisis, which now stands as both a symptom and a driver of broader inequality”
@fairness.bsky.social
fairnessfoundation.com/risks-2025
@fairness.bsky.social
fairnessfoundation.com/risks-2025
The wealth gap between rich and poor increased by over 50% from 2011 to 2021, to over £11.5 trillion. Find out more about the impacts on our society, economy, democracy and environment, and what we can do about it, from our updated Wealth Gap Risk Register.
Wealth Gap Risk Register 2025
An online resource that collates evidence about the impacts of wealth inequality, the solutions and public attitudes to all of the above
fairnessfoundation.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The wealth gap between rich and poor increased by over 50% from 2011 to 2021, to over £11.5 trillion. Find out more about the impacts on our society, economy, democracy and environment, and what we can do about it, from our updated Wealth Gap Risk Register.