Too many people feel that our economy is rigged against them- that no matter how hard they work or what contribution they make, they can't get by. Our new report examines how this is fuelling the rise of populist politics- and what we can do about it. 🔗https://fairnessfoundation.com/rigged

What if our society was equal? It can be. But we need you 🫵 to join us 🟰 Subscribe to On The Level now to hear the truth about inequality and the ways people all over the world are winning equality.

”Make Them Pay demands three key things from our government: Tax the super-rich Protect workers, not billionaires Make polluters pay” Another nail-on-the-head campaign from @equalitytrust.bsky.social. I’ve written to my MP, will you do the same? actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Activists in the UK have launched an imaginative new campaign for a maximum wage. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/it... For a deeper dive into the #maximumwage notion: www.wiley.com/en-us/The+Ca... @highpaycentre.bsky.social @equalitytrust.bsky.social

The CEO of Tesco is paid 431 times more than his workers and doubled his pay while announcing job cuts. But that's just one example of the UK's unequal pay – we have some of the most unequal incomes in the developed world.

Make. Them. Pay! On Saturday, we brought together thousands of people and hundreds of organisations to demand a better future for us all. Check out our video 👇 And sign up to our mailing list to get involved in what comes next 👉 makethempay.org.uk/get-involved

The NHS is crumbling, schools are underfunded, energy bills keep rising – & billionaires keep getting richer It’s time to put an end to this catastrophic inequality It’s time to tax the super-rich & use the money to fund the services we all depend on. It's time to #MakeThemPay

Here’s a positive piece about my former London borough’s ongoing efforts to galvanise community against the tide of isolation, atomisation and austerity from one of our favourite orgs @equalitytrust.bsky.social Spreading this as mainstream media does not. equalitytrust.org.uk/news/blog/re...

🗣️ Join us THIS SATURDAY 20 September to hear from our amazing lineup of speakers - from campaigners, to politicians, to economists, to community leaders and more! 📍Assemble at Portland Place, LDN at 12pm to march to Whitehall for our rally featuring:

We need your support to take the fight to the billionaires, polluters and oligarchs! Pulling off a major demonstration like this costs money and we want to make sure it’s just the beginning of our campaign to Make Them Pay. Chip in to support us here 👇 makethempay.org.uk/donate

There's also the point that while economic hardship per se might not drive extremism, economic inequality certainly does, and it seems likely that the extent to which perceived precarity will exceed actual precarity would be heightened by inequality

Do you agree with the Pope that the pay gaps between bosses and their workers have grown too wide? Then sign our petition calling for maximum 10:1 pay ratios for CEOs and workers: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/it...

Trump and his tech friends have declared war on digital service taxes, and they've already pressured Canada, India, and New Zealand into scrapping them. But new work from @taxwatch.bsky.social finds that letting companies like Amazon off the hook will cost the UK up to £5.2bn over this parliament.

Billionaires are using their wealth and power to enrich themselves at our expense. But why should we live with crumbling public services, soaring bills, and runaway climate change? They broke it. It's time to Make Them Pay. Sign up for the march on Sat 20 Sept, 12pm: www.makethempay.org.uk/

What unites 3/4 of the public, over 70% of UK millionaires, Nobel winning economists and 75+ organisations, campaigns, and charities? Knowing that we need to tax the rich. Join all your favourites in our bloc at the Make Them Pay march on Sat 20 Sept, 12pm, Portland Place, London

1) Some valuable analysis from @equalitytrust.bsky.social on the effect of the anti-tax lobby on the Norwegian elections, Scandinavia, the supposed heart of fairer taxation supporters.equalitytrust.org.uk/civicrm/mail...

🥁 Announcing our next speaker… Gary Stevenson! @garyseconomics.bsky.social is an economist, author and YouTuber who's making it impossible for the government to ignore the need to tax the super-rich.

🚨 Breaking: The UK could lose up to £5.2bn if it scraps the Digital Services Tax on Big Tech – enough to pay for training 128,000 new NHS nurses. Polling shows 67% back enforcing laws on Big Tech, even if it strains relations with Trump. taxjustice.uk/blog/digital...

On Sat 20th Sept, we're marching from BBC headquarters to Parliament Square with three key demands: 🤑 Tax the super-rich 🟰 Protect workers, not billionaires 🚯Make polluters pay And that's why we need you to join us! Join the Social & Economic Justice Bloc at Make Them Pay: www.makethempay.org.uk

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Are you a CEO or fan of ludicrously high pay? Do you love watching bosses divert money away from investment and into their pockets? Make sure you don't sign our petition to cap CEO pay right now: you.38degrees.org.uk...

We're nearly at 3000 signatures! If you're one of the 63% who believe that CEOs should not earn more than 10 times their employees, make sure you sign now to call for a maximum wage. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/it...

Rentier economy. 61% of England local authority budgets spent on social care, mostly privatised. Adult social care providers profit margin up to 42%. Children's care homes, 23%. Money buys less. Front line services suffer. Political paralysis: No major party plans to end to privatisation.

FTSE 100 CEOs are paid 122 times more than their average employees – but they're convinced that's not enough. They're organising to demand higher bonuses, no regulations, and profits profits profits. It's time we organised to stop them. Sign our petition to cap boss pay: you.38degrees.org.uk...

The UK has some of the worst income inequality in Europe. Pay and bonuses at the top have spiralled out of control while we struggle with the cost of living crisis. Want to do something about it? Sign now for a maximum wage: you.38degrees.org.uk...

Our media ecosystem is deeply unequal. While the government and media amplify the claims and threats of the far right, millions more desperately want a more equal country that works better for us all.

Our media ecosystem is deeply unequal. While the government and media amplify the claims and threats of the far right, millions more desperately want a more equal country that works better for us all.

Should any CEO be paid – as Tesco's is – 431 times more than their workers? Almost nobody would say yes, but that's the reality in the UK. Unless we change it. It's time for a maximum wage. Join us and @highpaycentre.bsky.social to demand one! Sign and share now: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/it...

Should any CEO be paid – as Tesco's is – 431 times more than their workers? Almost nobody would say yes, but that's the reality in the UK. Unless we change it. It's time for a maximum wage. Join us and @highpaycentre.bsky.social to demand one! Sign and share now: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/it...

It's still a bit feudal out there:

See you on the streets! ✊

A tiny number of aristocrats, corporations, and oligarchs own huge swathes of our land. That wealth inequality stretches back centuries and it's still hurting us now. Want to do something about it? Then it's time to Make Them Pay – join the protest! 📍 Portland Place, London 🗓️ Sat 20 September

The 2,850 council homes built in England last year will be wiped out 6 times over by the 18,500 council homes sold off through right to buy. 41% of these homes end up as private rentals, handing huge sums to landlords at the expense of the rest of us.

"Instead of tinkering around the edges, with a wealth tax the government could win the argument on fairness – and finally start to reverse toxic wealth inequality in this country." Your weekend reading, from our Executive Director @faizashaheen.bsky.social! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

⏰ ONE MONTH TO GO! ⏰ The stakes couldn’t be clearer: 🥵 we’re coming out of the 4th heatwave of the summer 🔥 a record amount of land has been burnt by wildfires already this year 🤑 and CEOs of the most polluting industries in the UK are getting richer

“In many ways water privatisation has been the greatest failure of the wholesale sell-off of govt utilities”. — @thetimes.com But public ownership *doesn’t* have to “burden the Govt with a huge debt”. @ewanmg.bsky.social explains how we can bring water back into public hands at a low cost 👇

🚨NEW: The pay of FTSE 100 CEOs has reached a new record high of £4.58 million. The third record setting year in a row. FTSE 100 CEO pay is 122 times greater than the typical UK worker. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

[Your salary]* x 122 = Average CEO pay. That’s not talent, that’s inequality baked into the system with a cherry on top. * Average full-time worker

New figures from the @highpaycentre.bsky.social reveal a third successive record year for CEO pay while the rest of us struggle. Our huge inequality of income means this is 122 times more than the median full-time worker's salary.

The super rich are using their wealth to make the government put them above everyone else. It's time to make them pay. 📍 Join us and @makethempay.bsky.social at Portland Place, London on Saturday 20 September

“When inequality is high, a sense of ‘shared fate’ diminishes, as people no longer feel bound together by common purpose or mutual obligation” – Aini Gauhar of @equalitytrust.bsky.social in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog 🔗

"And then at the end of the month, my billionaire gives me the tiniest fraction of that money, so I can give it to the millionaire that owns my house" - Rich Spalding

“Ever greater disparities between the rich and the poor lead to a dangerous weakening of the fabric that holds communities together” – Aini Gauhar of @equalitytrust.bsky.social in out latest blog post. What needs to be done? #LSEInequalitiesBlog 🔗 buff.ly/ge4V2ZL

Over the last three elections, the number and proportion of landlord MPs has fallen, which is a good trend! However, Labour bucked this trend in the last election.

Demand Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves get out of bed with the big banks and tax their windfall profits instead! Sign the petition 👉 bit.ly/TaxTheBanks

This is a case study in billionaires having too much influence: they replace taxes on their income with taxes on us buying essentials. We need to tax billionaires – before they tax us!

Can AI ever be ethical? Our supporters told us that they don't trust AI much and development should be slowed and regulated – but half still support use in the public interest. Why? Read about inequality, tech billionaires, and AI psychosis in our latest newsletter: ow.ly/p5yC50WzY6P

“We found that countries with higher levels of income inequality are associated with higher rates of obesity, diabetes, mental illness, asthma, drug use and infant mortality” – Kate Pickett in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog @equalitytrust 🔗 buff.ly/PKusA3m

Its totally wrong for so few people to own so much land.

The UK's land is owned by a tiny number of people – just 1% of the population own 70% of land. Huge amounts of public land have been sold off since the 70s and the price of land has skyrocketed, encouraging the housing and climate crises and hurting our entire society.