Fairness Foundation

With thanks to @adamjogee.bsky.social for sponsoring the event, along with @cajardinemp.bsky.social and @mariecgoldman.bsky.social for their contributions.

Group of people on House of Commons terrace smiling holding reports

Discussion around seated breakfast table

Timi and Will holding copies of the report

This morning the Fairness Foundation and the Black Equity Organisation launched our new joint report in Parliament on the UK’s racial wealth gap.

Combining evidence and case studies, it reveals the scale of racial wealth inequality today.

Read more 👇
fairnessfoundation.com/a-tale-of-tw...

North by North Westminster Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, talks to Jason Bunting about how to build a fairer economy in all places

@andyburnham.bsky.social, Mayor of Greater Manchester, talks to @jasonbunting.bsky.social about how to build a fairer economy in all places👇

Chris' comments link closely to our polling, released last week which explores public attitudes to wealth extraction vs creation: fairnessfoundation.com/making-or-ta...

Interesting to hear @chriscurtis94.bsky.social calling out a broken economic model which rewards grifters over grafters (wealth extractors over creators)- immediately followed by a piece on the wealth management industry (!).

All politicians should draw this line, as Hannah Spencer did last night.

February 2026 roundup Making the case for a new economic agenda that can tackle wealth extraction, reform our tax system and restore trust in democracy

Our monthly look-back at what we've been writing about: making the case for a new economic agenda that can tackle wealth extraction, reform our tax system and restore trust in democracy

Cover of book says The Fair Necessities: Why we need a fairer Britain and how to make it happen by Will Snell

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In it, he explores why we need a fairer Britain, and how we get there.

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Making or taking? What does the public think about the distinction between wealth creation and wealth extraction? Do they view certain business models as inherently ‘creative’ or ‘extractive’? We carried out nationally...

Read the fantastic new report 'Making or Taking', released today by COLA coalition partner @fairness.bsky.social: fairnessfoundation.com/making-or-ta...

Someone welding is the background to this text overlay that reads making or taking? public attitudes to wealth creation and extraction

We've released new polling this morning on wealth creation which sends a clear message to policymakers:

Back Britain’s genuine wealth creators - and take on the extractive practices draining our communities.

🔗Read more: fairnessfoundation.com/making-or-ta...

Students in England leave university with three times mor... New data reveals England had the most expensive public higher education cost per year of OECD countries

Pleased to contribute to this piece, which reveals the scale of the financial strain on graduates.

Campaigners like @rethinkrepayment.bsky.social are right to demand the Chancellor unfreeze repayment thresholds & commit to meaningful reform, before a generation loses faith in the system altogether.

Is the Mandelson-Epstein Affair a Symptom of Plutocracy? In this Saturday Long Read, Will Snell, CEO of the Fairness Foundation, explores how extreme wealth reshapes political power - and what that means for democratic trust.

Really good piece here by @fairness.bsky.social on why the Epstein/Mandelson scandal, is about a society debased by wealth inequality, working entirely as it is designed to should.

Includes a very good quote by Lisa Nandy too.

www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/is-the-man...

Is the Mandelson-Epstein Affair a Symptom of Plutocracy? In this Saturday Long Read, Will Snell, CEO of the Fairness Foundation, explores how extreme wealth reshapes political power - and what that means for democratic trust.

If the Mandelson/Epstein files left you thinking, now more than ever, that “the system feels rigged”, you’re definitely not alone.

Will Snell from @fairness.bsky.social joins Bearly Politics today to discuss how wealth inequality fuels that perception - and whether it’s perception at all.

Graphic of houses that says 'fix council tax: Sign the petition!'

Council Tax is outdated and unfair, often forcing people on lower incomes to pay much more than those in wealthier places. It's long past time to fix it.

That's why we're backing @fairershare.bsky.social's petition to review this broken system.

✍️ Sign here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...

Our response to the publication of the Representation of the People Bill 👇

🔗 www.faircomment.co.uk/p/statement-...

🤝We're proud to be a partner of the Cost of Living Action campaign.

Together with civil society and grassroots groups, we’re pushing for a fairer economy, one where everyone can afford the essentials 👇

Getting down to brass tax Helen Miller, Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, talks to Will Snell about how to build a better tax system

@helenmiller.bsky.social, Director of @theifs.bsky.social, talks to Will Snell about how to build a better tax system 👇

school blackboard that reads: 2 Child Limit Removal

Today, alongside 60+ organisations, we’ve welcomed progress on the Bill to remove the two-child limit: cpag.org.uk/news/stateme...

The policy was always unfair, arbitrarily penalising children in bigger families.

Progress on its removal is a welcome step for families across the UK.

New, with @fairness.bsky.social : HMRC surveys suggest tax avoidance & evasion may be becoming more acceptable among the youngest cohort of UK taxpayers, esp men 16-34. Changes are small so far, but we need to start asking if it's real, and why it's happening

Are young people losing faith in the tax system? A joint post with Mike Lewis at Taxwatch about some concerning HMRC survey data

Are young people losing faith in the tax system? A joint post with Mike Lewis at @taxwatch.bsky.social about some concerning HMRC survey data

Poverty is deepening.

🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning.

People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people.

This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.

NEW: January Roundup 👇

💰 Money in politics (@spotlightcorruption.org
@transparencyuk.bsky.social @oxfamgb.bsky.social)

🤝 Fairness & social cohesion (@moreincommonuk.bsky.social, @uclpolicylab.bsky.social)

⚖️ A fairer economy (@balancedeconomy.bsky.social)

🔗 www.faircomment.co.uk/p/january-20...

January 2026 roundup Examining the powerful forces and vested interests shaping our economy, and how fairness can restore social cohesion

January 2026 roundup: Examining the powerful forces and vested interests shaping our economy, and how fairness can restore social cohesion

Making the case for bolder fiscal #devolution 📊
👇 In the latest blog - Jason Bunting of @fairness.bsky.social explores how local fiscal autonomy could help tackle regional inequality in the UK’s highly centralised economy 🌍
Read more: www.radixbigtent.org.uk/news-comment... #RegionalInequality

Tax the super rich. It's time to win.

When even millionaires, like us, recognise that extreme wealth has cost everyone else everything else, there can be no doubt that society is dangerously teetering off the edge of a precipice.
We want our democracies back. We want our communities back. We want our future back.

🎥 "The situation we have at the end of the day is... whatever rules you have, all of this conversation is about policing the perimeter."

Yesterday @duncanhames.bsky.social gave evidence to parliament and explained to MPs and Peers why caps on donations are key to ending undue influence in politics.

📈 New research shows billionaire wealth surging to its highest level ever

⚖️ The findings expose the UK’s extreme wealth inequality: the richest 56 people now hold more wealth than 27 million people combined, undermining both economic + political equality

👉 Full report below

Unbalanced Claire Godfrey, Executive Director of the Balanced Economy Project, talks to Jack Jeffrey about how concentrated corporate power threatens democracy, innovation, and fairness

Unbalanced: Claire Godfrey, Executive Director of @balancedeconomy.bsky.social, talks to Jack Jeffrey about how concentrated corporate power threatens democracy, innovation, and fairness

Government policy sometimes prioritises the wishes of certain groups over the public interest. This is partly driven by unfair influence on decision-making. But what other factors are at play? www.faircomment.co.uk/p/the-power-...