Equality Trust
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A registered charity that works to improve the quality of life in the UK by reducing economic and social inequality.
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The Spirit Level at 15 - Equality Trust
The Spirit Level changed the debate on inequality in 2009. 15 years on, Profs Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett have expanded their work with new data.
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Inequality's corrosive effects reach into every aspect of life. New data from 'The Spirit Level' authors Profs. Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson shows inequality's impact on climate, society, and health.
Read now 👇
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People with disabilities face huge barriers to accessing work – and when they are working, are underpaid by an average of £4,000 a year. But employers don't even need to report their disability pay gaps, let alone work to close them.
November 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
People with disabilities face huge barriers to accessing work – and when they are working, are underpaid by an average of £4,000 a year. But employers don't even need to report their disability pay gaps, let alone work to close them.
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Taxing the rich could raise billions in the next budget – but that's far from the only reason to do it. Taxing the richest is popular, fair, and necessary to start making society more equal and our economy work better for everyone. Here's why:
November 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Taxing the rich could raise billions in the next budget – but that's far from the only reason to do it. Taxing the richest is popular, fair, and necessary to start making society more equal and our economy work better for everyone. Here's why:
Taxing the rich could raise billions in the next budget – but that's far from the only reason to do it. Taxing the richest is popular, fair, and necessary to start making society more equal and our economy work better for everyone. Here's why:
November 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Taxing the rich could raise billions in the next budget – but that's far from the only reason to do it. Taxing the richest is popular, fair, and necessary to start making society more equal and our economy work better for everyone. Here's why:
Who do you side with? The Telegraph's How I Spent It column or Ursula K. Le Guin?
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Who do you side with? The Telegraph's How I Spent It column or Ursula K. Le Guin?
For Trustee Week, we asked our hard-working trustees to tell us how they felt about the UK's situation and the Equality Trust's mission to build a more equal society.
Read more: equalitytrust.org.uk/news/blog/wh...
Read more: equalitytrust.org.uk/news/blog/wh...
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
For Trustee Week, we asked our hard-working trustees to tell us how they felt about the UK's situation and the Equality Trust's mission to build a more equal society.
Read more: equalitytrust.org.uk/news/blog/wh...
Read more: equalitytrust.org.uk/news/blog/wh...
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📣 The economy must work for the people who keep the country running, not corporations and billionaires.
Ahead of the Budget later this month, we brought this message to the streets of London. Watch our new video from the day thousands marched to say: tax the rich! www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyTd...
Ahead of the Budget later this month, we brought this message to the streets of London. Watch our new video from the day thousands marched to say: tax the rich! www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyTd...
Polluters, billionaires, oligarchs – it's time to Make Them Pay!
YouTube video by Climate Justice Coalition
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November 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
📣 The economy must work for the people who keep the country running, not corporations and billionaires.
Ahead of the Budget later this month, we brought this message to the streets of London. Watch our new video from the day thousands marched to say: tax the rich! www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyTd...
Ahead of the Budget later this month, we brought this message to the streets of London. Watch our new video from the day thousands marched to say: tax the rich! www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyTd...
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To be clear, what is being proposed here is to axe the main mechanism for getting Britain’s homes insulated - which is by FAR the best way to reduce household energy bills in the long term 🤦♂️
…and also, just incidentally, an absolute non-negotiable requirement for meeting UK climate targets 😬🥵☠️
…and also, just incidentally, an absolute non-negotiable requirement for meeting UK climate targets 😬🥵☠️
Reeves considers cut to green levies in effort to reduce cost of energy bills
Exclusive: Chancellor hopes to save up to £170 from average bill but industry insiders say move would be ‘disastrous’
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:17 AM
To be clear, what is being proposed here is to axe the main mechanism for getting Britain’s homes insulated - which is by FAR the best way to reduce household energy bills in the long term 🤦♂️
…and also, just incidentally, an absolute non-negotiable requirement for meeting UK climate targets 😬🥵☠️
…and also, just incidentally, an absolute non-negotiable requirement for meeting UK climate targets 😬🥵☠️
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💸The names of multinational corporations that cheated on billions in tax in the US was kept from the public. Our gov’t had the tax records but didn’t make them public. Doing so could’ve recovered $159 Billion #NameTheTaxCheaters #TaxJustice2025
bit.ly/taxjustice25
bit.ly/taxjustice25
November 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
💸The names of multinational corporations that cheated on billions in tax in the US was kept from the public. Our gov’t had the tax records but didn’t make them public. Doing so could’ve recovered $159 Billion #NameTheTaxCheaters #TaxJustice2025
bit.ly/taxjustice25
bit.ly/taxjustice25
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🚨 BREAKING: The government has tabled their plan to restrict repeat protests.
Demonstrations could now banned based on the 'cumulative disruption' that previous protests have caused in the area - regardless of if they have been organised by the same people or not.
This is worse than we feared.
Demonstrations could now banned based on the 'cumulative disruption' that previous protests have caused in the area - regardless of if they have been organised by the same people or not.
This is worse than we feared.
Government's repeat protest restrictions worse than feared - Liberty
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk
November 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🚨 BREAKING: The government has tabled their plan to restrict repeat protests.
Demonstrations could now banned based on the 'cumulative disruption' that previous protests have caused in the area - regardless of if they have been organised by the same people or not.
This is worse than we feared.
Demonstrations could now banned based on the 'cumulative disruption' that previous protests have caused in the area - regardless of if they have been organised by the same people or not.
This is worse than we feared.
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I think that trivialises the issue.
The super rich pay *proportionately* less tax than the poor. I suggest that is unfair to poorer people. equalitytrust.org.uk/news/press-r...
Also there are £46 billion in uncollected taxes.
library.croneri.co.uk/wkus-gdn01-g....
The super rich pay *proportionately* less tax than the poor. I suggest that is unfair to poorer people. equalitytrust.org.uk/news/press-r...
Also there are £46 billion in uncollected taxes.
library.croneri.co.uk/wkus-gdn01-g....
UK Still Taxes the Poorest More Than the Richest - Equality Trust
New data from the Office for National Statistics shows that the poorest 10% of households in the UK are still paying a higher proportion of their income in tax than the richest.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I think that trivialises the issue.
The super rich pay *proportionately* less tax than the poor. I suggest that is unfair to poorer people. equalitytrust.org.uk/news/press-r...
Also there are £46 billion in uncollected taxes.
library.croneri.co.uk/wkus-gdn01-g....
The super rich pay *proportionately* less tax than the poor. I suggest that is unfair to poorer people. equalitytrust.org.uk/news/press-r...
Also there are £46 billion in uncollected taxes.
library.croneri.co.uk/wkus-gdn01-g....
In just one day, someone in the richest 0.1% will produce more carbon pollution than half the world's population produce in a year according to new research from Oxfam. Inequality and pollution are inextricably linked. We need to #MakeRichPollutersPay
November 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
In just one day, someone in the richest 0.1% will produce more carbon pollution than half the world's population produce in a year according to new research from Oxfam. Inequality and pollution are inextricably linked. We need to #MakeRichPollutersPay
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BREAKING: A person in the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than someone in the bottom 50% produces all year.
Same pollution. Different worlds. But only one pays the price.
👉Read Oxfam's new #ClimatePlunder report to learn more. oxf.am/climateplund...
#MakeRichPo#MakeRichPollutersPay
Same pollution. Different worlds. But only one pays the price.
👉Read Oxfam's new #ClimatePlunder report to learn more. oxf.am/climateplund...
#MakeRichPo#MakeRichPollutersPay
October 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM
BREAKING: A person in the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than someone in the bottom 50% produces all year.
Same pollution. Different worlds. But only one pays the price.
👉Read Oxfam's new #ClimatePlunder report to learn more. oxf.am/climateplund...
#MakeRichPo#MakeRichPollutersPay
Same pollution. Different worlds. But only one pays the price.
👉Read Oxfam's new #ClimatePlunder report to learn more. oxf.am/climateplund...
#MakeRichPo#MakeRichPollutersPay
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“A small London home can pay nearly the same council tax as a £50M Mayfair mansion — that clearly isn't right.”
Our own Caitlin Boswell explaining why the rumoured mansion tax would be an inadequate tinker. We need wholesale reform to raise serious cash & actually improve people's lives.
Our own Caitlin Boswell explaining why the rumoured mansion tax would be an inadequate tinker. We need wholesale reform to raise serious cash & actually improve people's lives.
November 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“A small London home can pay nearly the same council tax as a £50M Mayfair mansion — that clearly isn't right.”
Our own Caitlin Boswell explaining why the rumoured mansion tax would be an inadequate tinker. We need wholesale reform to raise serious cash & actually improve people's lives.
Our own Caitlin Boswell explaining why the rumoured mansion tax would be an inadequate tinker. We need wholesale reform to raise serious cash & actually improve people's lives.
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"The crescendo of pre-budget lobbying is louder than usual."
Great piece from @pollytoynbee.bsky.social on how our calls for the Chancellor to #TaxTheBanks (amongst other progressive tax proposals) are being drowned out by powerful lobbyists.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Great piece from @pollytoynbee.bsky.social on how our calls for the Chancellor to #TaxTheBanks (amongst other progressive tax proposals) are being drowned out by powerful lobbyists.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The crescendo of pre-budget lobbying has rarely been so loud. Rachel Reeves must tune it out | Polly Toynbee
There is no popular way to raise taxes, and with Labour tanking in the polls, my advice to the chancellor is this: do it anyway, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
"The crescendo of pre-budget lobbying is louder than usual."
Great piece from @pollytoynbee.bsky.social on how our calls for the Chancellor to #TaxTheBanks (amongst other progressive tax proposals) are being drowned out by powerful lobbyists.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Great piece from @pollytoynbee.bsky.social on how our calls for the Chancellor to #TaxTheBanks (amongst other progressive tax proposals) are being drowned out by powerful lobbyists.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In last week's poll, our supporters trusted grassroots democracy more than national politicians to tax the richest, and a majority wanted citizens assemblies with tax and spend powers.
This week, we're asking: what should be done with your water company? Vote now: equalitytrust.org.uk/weekly-poll/
This week, we're asking: what should be done with your water company? Vote now: equalitytrust.org.uk/weekly-poll/
November 3, 2025 at 9:57 AM
In last week's poll, our supporters trusted grassroots democracy more than national politicians to tax the richest, and a majority wanted citizens assemblies with tax and spend powers.
This week, we're asking: what should be done with your water company? Vote now: equalitytrust.org.uk/weekly-poll/
This week, we're asking: what should be done with your water company? Vote now: equalitytrust.org.uk/weekly-poll/
Reeves has said she can’t "leave welfare untouched" – now that's scary. Cuts are still terrifying people with disabilities. We need the government to rule out taking their support away with the same zeal they rule out taxing the super rich.
October 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Reeves has said she can’t "leave welfare untouched" – now that's scary. Cuts are still terrifying people with disabilities. We need the government to rule out taking their support away with the same zeal they rule out taxing the super rich.
We're suffering and the planet is suffering – why? So Elon Musk can become the world's first trillionaire?
There's another way. Join us now at equalitytrust.org.uk
There's another way. Join us now at equalitytrust.org.uk
October 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
We're suffering and the planet is suffering – why? So Elon Musk can become the world's first trillionaire?
There's another way. Join us now at equalitytrust.org.uk
There's another way. Join us now at equalitytrust.org.uk
Here are some things that are rising: Child poverty. Foodbank use. Billionaire wealth.
Is that a sustainable way to run a society?
Is that a sustainable way to run a society?
October 29, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Here are some things that are rising: Child poverty. Foodbank use. Billionaire wealth.
Is that a sustainable way to run a society?
Is that a sustainable way to run a society?
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"It's time to tax the banks."
Analysis from @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social has found that the big 4 UK banks made £24.1 billion in just six months this year. That's nearly £1 billion every week from higher interest rates: they're just sitting there letting huge profits roll in from our higher mortgages and rents.
Tax them.
Tax them.
October 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"It's time to tax the banks."
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Barclays, Lloyds, HSBC and NatWest have made over £35 BILLION in profits this year so far 🤯
These enormous profits have been inflated by high interest rates - they need a windfall tax now!
Email your MP to #TaxTheBanks 👉 bit.ly/TaxTheBanksMP... and share this video today!
These enormous profits have been inflated by high interest rates - they need a windfall tax now!
Email your MP to #TaxTheBanks 👉 bit.ly/TaxTheBanksMP... and share this video today!
October 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Barclays, Lloyds, HSBC and NatWest have made over £35 BILLION in profits this year so far 🤯
These enormous profits have been inflated by high interest rates - they need a windfall tax now!
Email your MP to #TaxTheBanks 👉 bit.ly/TaxTheBanksMP... and share this video today!
These enormous profits have been inflated by high interest rates - they need a windfall tax now!
Email your MP to #TaxTheBanks 👉 bit.ly/TaxTheBanksMP... and share this video today!
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Analysis from @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social has found that the big 4 UK banks made £24.1 billion in just six months this year. That's nearly £1 billion every week from higher interest rates: they're just sitting there letting huge profits roll in from our higher mortgages and rents.
Tax them.
Tax them.
October 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Analysis from @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social has found that the big 4 UK banks made £24.1 billion in just six months this year. That's nearly £1 billion every week from higher interest rates: they're just sitting there letting huge profits roll in from our higher mortgages and rents.
Tax them.
Tax them.
Analysis from @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social has found that the big 4 UK banks made £24.1 billion in just six months this year. That's nearly £1 billion every week from higher interest rates: they're just sitting there letting huge profits roll in from our higher mortgages and rents.
Tax them.
Tax them.
October 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Analysis from @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social has found that the big 4 UK banks made £24.1 billion in just six months this year. That's nearly £1 billion every week from higher interest rates: they're just sitting there letting huge profits roll in from our higher mortgages and rents.
Tax them.
Tax them.
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Well when you put it like that, I don't know if this is the best system for getting water.
October 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Well when you put it like that, I don't know if this is the best system for getting water.
Well when you put it like that, I don't know if this is the best system for getting water.
October 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Well when you put it like that, I don't know if this is the best system for getting water.
We're going to see a lot of bad economics, misconceptions, and outright falsehoods about the 2025 autumn budget. Be a useful voice amidst the sea of clickbait headlines and opportunistic political points by following these 5 key tips:
How to Talk About the 2025 Budget - Equality Trust
How can you avoid common pitfalls in talking about the 2025 budget? We've got 5 key tips for making sure you help people understand the UK's situation
equalitytrust.org.uk
October 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
We're going to see a lot of bad economics, misconceptions, and outright falsehoods about the 2025 autumn budget. Be a useful voice amidst the sea of clickbait headlines and opportunistic political points by following these 5 key tips: