/// FINDING COMMON GROUND FOR A FAIRER FUTURE
We work to change the debate around fairness in the UK. We believe that substantial levels of inequality are unfair, and that we cannot build a fairer society, with genuinely equal opportunities for everyone, without tackling socio-economic inequality.
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Fair essentials
Fair essentials
Everyone should have their basic needs met so that no one lives in poverty, and everyone can play a constructive role in society
Fair opportunities
Fair opportunities
Everyone should have a decent chance to succeed in life, so we should remove the key barriers that prevent people from having equal opportunities
Fair rewards
Fair rewards
Everyone’s hard work should be rewarded on the basis of their contribution to our society and economy
Fair exchange
Fair exchange
Everyone should contribute to society by paying the taxes that they owe, and in return they should be supported by society when they need it
Fair treatment
Fair treatment
Everyone should be treated according to need, enjoying equal respect and equal influence on decisions made in their name
WHY IS THE UK UNFAIR?
WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT?
WHAT DO THE PUBLIC THINK?
Our definition of fairness
Our definition of fairness
Do people agree with our five ‘fair necessities’?
Polling from April 2022
Perceptions of fairness
Perceptions of fairness
What do people know and think about inequalities in the UK?
Polling from August 2022
Attitudes to the strikes
Attitudes to the strikes
What do people think about fairness and industrial action?
Polling from January 2023
Attitudes to early years pay
Attitudes to early years pay
What do people think about fair pay in the early years sector?
Polling from March 2023
Attitudes to the role of government
Attitudes to the role of government
What do people think about government and the social contract?
Polling from March 2023
Attitudes to wealth inequality
Attitudes to wealth inequality
What do people think about wealth, wealth inequality and taxing wealth?
Polling from April 2023
FAIRNESS BY ISSUE
Espousing housing
Espousing housing
May 22, 2023
Professor Jo Richardson is ready to answer your questions about social housing, homelessness and the meaning of home. And a reminder of our webinar tomorrow on public attitudes to wealth.
National Wealth Surplus
National Wealth Surplus
May 18, 2023
The results of our wealth polling are in. 8 in 10 Brits are concerned that the wealthy don’t contribute their fair share of taxes. People are most positive about entrepreneurs, followed by landlords.
It's wealth inequality, stupid
It's wealth inequality, stupid
May 10, 2023
A fair society will never be within reach unless and until we take action to share wealth more equitably across society
Why aren't people more exercised about health inequalities?
Why aren't people more exercised about health inequalities?
May 2, 2023
'Social determinants' like housing and wealth have a huge impact on health outcomes, and poor health in turn leads to worse economic outcomes. Why is the British public not more concerned about this?
Ask me anything with Danny Dorling (the answers)
Ask me anything with Danny Dorling (the answers)
April 24, 2023
The well-known geographer and author answers your questions
Ask me anything with Danny Dorling
Ask me anything with Danny Dorling
April 17, 2023
The well-known geographer and author is ready to answer your questions about class and social justice in the UK (or anything else, within reason)
Rewriting the Rawls of the game
Rewriting the Rawls of the game
April 10, 2023
A new book, 'Free and Equal', reassesses how we can use the principles set out by the philosopher John Rawls to build a fairer society. It's a book whose time has come.
Britons want a bigger role for the state in delivering a social contract
Britons want a bigger role for the state in delivering a social contract
April 3, 2023
A large majority of voters think that the government should guarantee the provision of a range of services including social care, early years education and care, public transport and housing
Britain's fraying social fabric exposed
Britain's fraying social fabric exposed
March 27, 2023
A system that fails to tax wealth fairly, or to tackle increasing poverty or economic and social inequality, isn't working. And technological progress might make things worse rather than better.
Thoughts on childcare reform and societal collapse
Thoughts on childcare reform and societal collapse
March 20, 2023
Last week's widening of early years provision was welcome, but is the wider system too stretched to accommodate it? And what might the implications be of a broader unravelling of our social fabric?
Eight in 10 Britons think early years workers’ pay is too low
Eight in 10 Britons think early years workers’ pay is too low
March 13, 2023
Our new polling shows that people believe that paying early years workers more fairly would benefit everyone, but also underestimate how expensive UK childcare is compared to other OECD countries
Guaranteeing the fair essentials
Guaranteeing the fair essentials
March 6, 2023
A new campaign is calling on the government to peg benefits to a minimum acceptable standard of living. The fairness arguments for this are hard to disagree with.
Are Brits more progressive than we think?
Are Brits more progressive than we think?
February 27, 2023
A recent survey has shown that Britons have some of the most positive attitudes to immigration in the world. Do we underestimate the progressiveness of the public?
Inherited inequality clogs up society's arteries
Inherited inequality clogs up society's arteries
February 20, 2023
Unearned wealth is becoming more important relative to earned income in determining life chances and outcomes. We need to level the playing field before we find ourselves back in the Edwardian era.
Building a fairness argument is child's play
Building a fairness argument is child's play
February 13, 2023
Revisiting the Fairness Index to look at a live issue shows that it remains a useful tool to explore and explain the nature, causes and consequences of key inequalities
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