Poverty, inequality and social justice
The authors of ‘The NHS at 75’ discuss how much we should be celebrating this anniversary year as the crisis that has characterised much of its history becomes a permacrisis.…Read more
Andy Yuille, author of 'Beyond Neighbourhood Planning', discusses participatory democracy and asks how can it better engage with the things that matter to people in the ways that they matter.…Read more
In this policy briefing, Marcos González Hernando and Gerry Mitchell, authors of 'Uncomfortably Off', explain why it is in the top 10% of earners' best interest to pay attention to inequality.…Read more
The authors of '50 Dark Destinations' discuss OceanGate's attempted trip to the wreckage of the Titanic and draw attention to both the dangers of luxury tourism and its ethical implications.…Read more
John Clarke, author of The Battle for Britain, looks back to the authoritarian populism of Thatcherism to locate the origins of the ever-extending coercive reach of the state and argues that we desperately need a new way of thinking. …Read more
John Bissett, community activist and author of 'It’s Not Where You Live, It's How You Live' reveals how his book has been received by the working-class people it was written for and about. …Read more
In this policy briefing, Richard Machin sets out recommendations for how UK housing and social security policy can be improved for displaced Ukrainians.…Read more
On Transforming Society, Julia Mortimer and Sarah Bird celebrate a year of the Global Social Challenges Journal and discuss its transformative mission to publish Open Access articles that respond to pressing global societal challenges.…Read more
When is it wrong to accept a donation because of how the money was made? In this final conversation with Rhodri Davies, he explores this and other moral dilemmas that beset the philanthropic landscape of the 21st century.…Read more
Kandida Purnell, co-editor of When This Is Over, explains why the politics of the pandemic cannot be stitched out of a COVID-19 commemorative tapestry.…Read more