Inequality
Class will seek to address the persistence of inequality in our society by working with academics and experts to analyse its corrosive impacts and develop strong and effective policy proposals to address the many problems it poses to individuals and society.
We are already working on a number of projects in this area including developing an alternative economic strategy which focuses on how we can achieve a fairer economy for all.
Projects
Publications
- Budget Briefing 2016
- Briefing: Spending Review 2015
- Changing the debate on migration
- The First 100 Days
- Election 2015: What’s at stake for social security?
- Election 2015: What’s at stake for housing?
- Election 2015: What’s at stake for work, pay and unions?
- Trade unions and economic inequality
- The Great British Rip Off
- The role of local government in a modern state
- In the public interest
- The importance of the labour movement in tackling inequality
- Without Social Europe there can be no Social Britain in our lifetime
- BRIEFING: Bankers’ Bonuses
- Reconstruction after the Crisis: A Manifesto for Collective Bargaining
- Education, justice and democracy
- Austerity Illusions and Debt Delusions
- Boom-time for legal loan sharks
- In Place of Fear
- Duty to care
- In Land Revenue
- Financing the Social State
- The Case for Universalism
- Exposing the Myths of Welfare
- Tackling Squalor
- Why Inequality Matters
- What would a socially just education system look like?
- Rising inequality and financial crises
Blogs
- Theresa May’s brand of inequality
- Queen’s Speech: response
- Putting inequality back on the centre-left agenda
- The 2016 Rich List: Another sign that our economy is defunct
- Tax and the wealthy: the tip of a very unhealthy iceberg
- Promoting economic democracy in the twenty-first century
- Poverty and prosperity sit side-by-side in British cities
- The increase to the minimum wage should be welcomed, but the fight against inequality is being lost
- What can we expect from today’s budget?
- What are the next battles for gender equality?
- Looking ahead: what Class did next
- Now a lost eleven years on pay, unprecedented for at least 150 years
- More likely to go to prison than university? But a degree doesn’t close the pay gap
- How our social security system holds back low-paid workers
- Why the Lords’ defeat of the government’s attempt to redefine child poverty is important
- The economics of Google’s tax
- How can we help the wealthy part with their wealth?
- The rollercoaster path of government spending on flood defence
- Spending Review 2015: Still failing to invest in women’s security
- Spending review 2015: Our Panel’s Reaction
- Spending review 2015: Your Guide
- The closure of Eaves charity is the tip of the iceberg in the crisis for women’s services
- Our study shows that economic recession leads to increased levels of suicide
- #EqualPayDay: What are the facts?
- Steelwork closures and the importance of class and place
- Tax credit cuts and the Living Wage: Do the numbers stack up?
- How can we measure national success? Five headline indicators to replace GDP
- Grammar schools segregate children by social class
- The new Housing Bill is even worse than expected
- Government throws more money at the housing market – to benefit home buyers
- Cutting vital income and stigmatising the low paid? The Conservatives are no workers’ party
- What do we know about race, education and inequality in contemporary Britain?
- Young people’s debts have doubled in five years and are now highest of all age groups
- With this budget, the Chancellor is taking us into unknown territory
- The latest cuts to legal aid are a further assault on access to justice
- Child poverty: all not quite what it seems?
- Child benefit and the fight against poverty
- An EU Perspective On Wage Inequality
- The Queen’s Speech: our panel’s reaction
- Five ways to deal with a full blown Conservative Government
- First 100 Days - Reforming politics and representation
- First 100 Days - Tackling Inequality
- First 100 Days - Investing in a Future for Young People
- First 100 Days - Implementing a Race Equalities Agenda
- First 100 Days - Ensuring Gender Equality
- First 100 days - Protecting Public Services
- First 100 Days - Restoring Power to Working People
- First 100 Days - Eradicating Poverty
- Labour and Conservatives: the manifestos
- Personal Tax Allowance: How an Increase Widens Inequality
- Labour will abolish the non-dom rule
- Budget 2015: Our panellists give their reaction
- The impact on women of the recession and austerity
- Reversing the rising poverty tide requires fundamental change
- Collective Bargaining, What’s It Good For?
- Look after employment and the budget deficit will take care of itself
- Dignity and recognition for all work will be the basis of a fair and sustainable economy
- We need a government that will fight for our future
- Collective bargaining can begin to rebalance our economy
- How can we reduce the need for food banks?
- Class Conference 2014: Podcasts
- Time for more working-class women in Parliament
- The role of trade unions in challenging inequality
- Ed Balls tackles a major General Anti-Abuse Rule deficiency
- Don’t be fooled - Ukip offers nothing to Britain’s workers
- Conservative Party Conference: The view from the library next door
- Whose recovery is it?
- A decent deal for workers
- In an era of public spending restraint, how can economic inequality be addressed?
- The link between the rise of food banks and the rolling back of the welfare state
- Thomas Piketty talks inequality and politics with Class
- How to Regulate Zero Hours Contracts
- Why we must close gaps in the law around domestic violence
- Low pay and increased job insecurity: the state of single parent employment
- The Bedroom tax by numbers
- Fighting austerity: why we need to talk about human rights
- The key to reducing inequality? Stronger trade unions
- What to make of the IPPR report
- It’s time to reverse the ascendance of finance capitalism
- Storify: Thomas Piketty in conversation with Lord Stewart Wood
- The significance of Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century
- A Primer: Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty
- Why Class is hosting Thomas Piketty
- To tackle the Great British Rip Off, we must end zero-hours contracts
- VIDEO: The Great British Rip Off
- Fair pay: cracking down at the other end of the income ladder
- Thirty years on, we need the truth about the miners’ strike
- Why soaring wage inequality in the UK should worry everyone
- Why Britain needs to end hunger fast
- Paying the highest price: Austerity will accelerate area health inequalities
- Whose recovery is it?
- Inequality – not just bad, it’s bad economics too
- Trade unions must be at the heart of the debate on living standards
- The Living Wage Commission will examine the reality of low pay in Britain
- BRIEFING: the 50p tax rate
- During Debt Awareness Week people are turning to payday lenders to stay afloat
- Inequality is increasing. Governments must act.
- Avoiding Davos
- What would a further £25bn of spending cuts mean for child poverty?
- What Labour needs to do in 2014
Events
- Is the finance sector fit for purpose? With Yanis Varoufakis
- Election 2015: Manchester - What’s at stake for the NHS?
- Election 2015: Glasgow - What’s at stake for work, pay and trade unions?
- Class Conference 2013: Leading the Debate
- Our London: Power
- The Trade Union Bill 2015: Free public meeting
- Post-Election Public Debate
- Election 2015: Bristol - What’s at stake for fairer tax?
- Election 2015: Birmingham - What’s at stake for the economy?
- TUC Congress 2014: Challenging Power, Raising Living Standards
- Labour Party Conference 2014: The Great British Rip Off
- Labour Party Conference 2014: Wealth, Inequality and Power
- Labour Party Conference 2014: What Britain Needs
- Eve of Gala Rally @ The Durham Miners’ Gala
- Cardiff - The Great British Rip-Off: How can we tackle the cost of living crisis?
- Newcastle - The Great British Rip-Off: How can we tackle the cost of living crisis?
- London - The Great British Rip-Off: How can we tackle the cost of living crisis?
- TUC Congress 2013: Reconstruction after the crisis: A Manifesto for Collective Bargaining
- Labour Party Conference 2013: Austerity and the Alternative
- TUC Congress 2013: Achieving a Social State
- Labour Party Conference 2013: Achieving a Social State
- A think tank for working people: Class Yorkshire Launch
- A think tank for working people: Class North West Launch
- GMB Congress 2013: Why is Class such an important GMB investment?
- Scottish Labour Party Conference 2013: Resisting cuts in welfare - the case for universalism
- Class Parliamentary Launch - Why Inequality Matters
- Labour Party Conference 2012: Equality - The Real Alternative
- TUC Congress 2012: Why Inequality Matters
Latest news
- Class Conference 2014: The Film
- Class Conference 2014: The Photos
- Class Conference 2014: The Highlights
- New Class/YouGov poll finds 2 in 3 people want to cap executive salaries
- We hear your views on the living standards crisis in advance of our regional tour of events
- Class at conference season: Submit your events for our Progressive Guide to Labour Party Conference
- Class and Red Pepper launch first in a series of mythbusters: Exposing the myths of welfare
- Class launch in Parliament to a packed house
- Frances O’Grady to speak at Class Parliamentary Launch
- Video of Class fringe meeting at Labour Party Conference
Press releases
- Class announces Faiza Shaheen as new Director
- Leading progressives put forward far-reaching policies for the first 100 days of government
- Centre for Labour and Social Studies (Class) responds to Labour’s Youth Manifesto
- Centre for Labour and Social Studies (Class) responds to Cameron’s announcement on apprenticeships
- Centre for Labour and Social Studies (Class) responds to Labour’s non-dom announcement
- New Class/YouGov poll finds 2 in 3 people want to cap executive salaries
- Think tank calls for a radical rethink of the role of local government
- Thomas Piketty to debate top advisor to Ed Miliband in parliament
- New poll reveals nearly 4 in 5 Britons feel they are not personally benefitting from economic recove
- Class launches new policy library resource for trade unions and researchers
- Think tank calls for action against rip-off payday lenders
- Class holds North West launch & commits to giving working people in the UK a strong political voice
- Health inequalities widen as rising mortality and falling life expectancy buck long-term trends
- It’s time for a political response to attacks on universal health care
- The housing crisis – Time for a heavy dose of realism
- Zoe Williams paper launches new Class series – A Social State for 2015
- New CLASS publication challenges politicians to put inequality back on the agenda
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Why are grammar schools on the agenda?
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Brexit update: parliament is back in session
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The rise of zero hour contracts and what Sports Direct can teach us
