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The equality question: Why Labour should re-embrace its egalitarian roots. A Fabian Society paper by PEF Council member Stewart Lansley

In this pamphlet, Stewart Lansley shows how poverty and inequality have once again become deeply institutionalised – and at a growing social, economic and human cost. He makes a powerful case for Labour to return to its egalitarian roots, with a new commitment to make Britain a more equal place. Such a strategy would aim to raise the life chances of all, with a guarantee of an equal share in social and economic progress.Download now

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Economists and human rights experts call on Starmer to drop “destructive” economic policy

In an open letter coordinated by the think-tank Compassion in Politics, academics including PEF Council members Ha-Joon Chang and Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson – authors of the widely read The Spirit Level – warn Starmer that his current approach mimics the “economic orthodoxy that has made this country poorer, less cohesive and more unequal than fifteen years ago.” 

PROGRESSIVE ECONOMICS 2023

Following the great success of our conference last year , the Progressive Economy Forum and the University of Greenwich Research Institute of Political Economy, Governance, Finance and Accountability bring you Progressive Economics 2023 –a conference of debate and education at a vital moment in the UK to debate the policies to tackle the alarming economic challenges of austerity, inequalities, Brexit, Covid-19, cost-of-living crisis, global supply problems, the war in Ukraine, care crisis and environmental collapse.What are the solutions and how to persuade the policy makers to implement them?

The Cost of Living Crisis – a paper by Ozlem Onaran

This paper by PEF Council member Ozlem Onaran analyses the political economy of the cost of living crisis in the context of the UK. It presents the long-term trends in the wage share, wealth inequality, labour’s bargaining power, and the real wages in the UK.

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