On 26th November 2025, Rachel Reeves will deliver Labour’s second autumn budget. It’s easy to talk about the politics, characters, and narratives about rising or falling popularity – but what about the actual substance and how it’ll affect peoples’ lives? Every media organisation and charity will be interested in analysingthe budget, but we’ve repeatedly seen […] The post How to Talk About the 2025 Budget appeared first on Equality Trust.| Equality Trust
On 9th October, we held a workshop for local authority members to learn more about the best ways to implement the socio-economic duty – a part of the Equality Act 2010 that may finally be coming into force. We and our expert speakers shared case studies, tips and resources on how to approach the SED […] The post Event Recording: Preparing for the Socio-Economic Duty appeared first on Equality Trust.| Equality Trust
To mark both Challenge Poverty Week and the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty we are delighted to welcome our friends from Addressing Poverty through Lived Experience (APLE) Collective to author this guest blog. APLE continue to inspire us with their incredible work putting lived experience at the centre of decision making. At APLE Collective, we […]| Equality Trust
This poem was written by guest writer Barbara Kyei as part of our place-based organising work and community reporting project in Brent. Welcome to OUR Brent? Our commonality is for everyone to be welcomed Welcome not for what you are but rather who you are. Welcomed to our city Welcome to our community Welcomed into […] The post Welcome to Our Brent appeared first on Equality Trust.| Equality Trust
This blog was written by guest writer Riham Lotfi as part of our place-based organising work and community reporting project in Brent. Becoming a Brent Community Reporter has been more than just a role — it’s been a personal mission. As a mother, an educator, and a resident of Brent, I’ve always cared about social […] The post Reporting Inequality, Amplifying Voices in Brent appeared first on Equality Trust.| Equality Trust
by Beanica Tripoli This blog was written by guest writer Beanica Tripoli as part of our place-based organising work and community reporting project in Brent. As a Politics & International Relations master’s student who has always been passionate about social justice, it has been a privilege to work as a Brent Community Reporter with the […] The post My Experience as a Community Reporter appeared first on Equality Trust.| Equality Trust
Public Procurement: Growing British industry, Jobs and Skills BetterforUs Consultation Response supported by the Structural Inequalities Alliance and Equality Trust Summary This document has been produced by BetterforUs, a national campaign run by Aspire Community Works, a Real Living Wage community business with seventeen years’ experience of delivering public contracts in London and the South […]| Equality Trust
This blog from Caroline Tosal-Suprun as part of our ongoing Community Economist project, which you can read more about here. Read the first blog, What is the Economy? What is a community economist? Someone with no formal training or in-depth knowledge about the economy who wants to be part of challenging economic inequality. By design, […]| Equality Trust
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Introduction In 2017 the 1forEquality campaign was launched. The campaign seeks the effective commencement, implementation and enforcement of Section 1 the Equality Act – the socio-economic duty – across Great Britain in order to improve the fulfilment and protection of everyday rights, and reduce inequality. This response has been developed by members of the campaign […] The post Equality Law: 1forequality’s Submission appeared first on Equality Trust.| Equality Trust
Introduction This response to the government’s call for evidence draws upon the Equality Trust’s research, collaboration with partners, stakeholder insights from place-based and participatory projects, and practitioner insights from the field. We have chosen to address the specific questions where we have the most relevant data and experience to make a contribution. This includes proposals […]| Equality Trust
What is the economy? It's a question a lot of us shy away from. The economy should work for us, and we should be able to understand how and why it's working the way it is.| Equality Trust
The Equality Trust campaigns across the UK for a more equal society that works better for everyone. Some projects are long-term, while others are for specific events. For a list of concluded projects, check our archive.| Equality Trust
Introduction For the past 35 years, various governments have claimed to have variations on a similar set of goals for the UK economy: decarbonise; spread more wealth and growth out of London; end the housing crisis; encourage the growth of new (and frequently greener) industries; and to encourage stronger communities. It’s proved seemingly impossible for […]| Equality Trust
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Our new project will train Community Economists across the UK to tell the stories of economic inequality from the communities around them.| Equality Trust
Over the last six months we have been working with a group of young people to co-produce a project which explores ‘Reconstructing the Social Contract’. The idea of a social contract between the government and its citizens, which previous generations understood, has been steadily dismantled over the past four decades. This erosion has left young […]| Equality Trust
The Spirit Level changed the debate on inequality in 2009. 15 years on, Profs Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett have expanded their work with new data.| Equality Trust
