Inequality, The Spirit Level and more…
- The Good SocietyKate’s new book published by Bodley Head on 05 Feb 2026
- The Spirit Level at 15Click here for The Equality Trust website to read a summary, download the full report, technical appendix and PowerPoint slidedeck
- Our landmark book revealed the cost of inequality. Fifteen years later, things have only got worsehttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/23/landmark-book-spirit-level-cost-inequality-fifteen-years-later-worse-labour Labour should be emboldened by the popularity of policies aimed at breaking down inequality: now’s the time for ambition
- A call to action in the Big IssueTo tackle child poverty, we need action as bold as Labour creating the welfare state in 1945
- Why the world cannot afford the richCommentary, Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00723-3
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. via @38degrees
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates -only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
Born Sick in the USA is an important new book explaining why health is worse in the USA than in other rich countries – despite spending much more on medical care.
@ChrisHazzardSF Canada needs to defy the blockade on Cuba and show that there is *some* truth to Carney’s intentions about the world order he mentioned in his Davos speech