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Series Three

Financial Fairness: Pre-election special

The Trust’s pre-election series focuses on the upcoming general election. Each episode explores what the political parties have announced so far and what they should pledge to make things financially fairer on various issues which affect people on low-to-middle incomes. 

4. Public Spending – Investment or austerity 2.0?

Gemma Tetlow, Institute for Government

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3. The Living Standards Election?

Torsten Bell, Resolution Foundation

Clare Moriarty, Citizens Advice

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2. Employment: How can political parties get Britain working?

Nita Clarke, Involvement and Participation Association

Tony Wilson, Institute for Employment Studies

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1. Wealth: How can political parties close the wealth gap? 

Arun Advani, University of Warwick

Ian Mulheirn, Resolution Foundation

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Series Two

Financial Fairness: Solutions

How can we make things fairer in the UK? At the Trust, we are concerned about money issues, from tax to pensions, from wages to gambling. In this series, Financial Fairness: Solutions, we speak to experts about what we can do to create a fairer society. 

8. Low pay in a high-cost Britain 

Kate Bell, Assistant General Secretary at the Trades Union Congress. 

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7. A minimum income guarantee for Scotland

Russell Gunson, Head of Policy and Research at the Robertson Trust.

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6. Solutions to the childcare crisis

Abby Jitendra, Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Bel Guillaume, Onward on childcare. 

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5. How to manage your finances for life

Paul Lewis from Money Box.

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4. How can we reduce inequality in the UK?

Danny Dorling on levelling up.

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3. How to avoid being poor in old age

Felicia Odamtten and Steve Webb on pensions. 

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2. How do we eradicate the need for food banks? 

Emma Revie on food banks. 

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1. The mini-Budget

The impact of the mini-Budget with Alistair Darling.

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Series One

Financial Fairness: How did we get here?

In this series, Financial Fairness: How did we get here?, we shine a light on issues which affect living standards and speak to experts about whether policy has got fairer for people on low-to-middle incomes.

8. The coronavirus financial impact tracker

Bonus episode. Sharon Collard and Jamie Evans.

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7. Inflation

Miatta Fahnbulleh on inflation. What’s causing prices to rise? Do wage rises just fuel inflation? And how does the UK compare to other countries?

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6. The cost of living

Helen Barnard on the cost of living. How did we end up with a system which results in so many people struggling to pay for essentials?

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5. Gambling

Rob Davies and Matt Zarb-Cousin on gambling. How did we end up with the gambling laws we have?

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4.  Taxation

Paul Johnson on taxation. How did we end up with the taxation system we have?

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3. Wealth

Torsten Bell on wealth in the UK. What is the true picture of wealth inequality in the UK?

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2. The UK's social security system

Alison Garnham on the UK's social security system. How did we end up with the social security system we have?

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1. The financial impact of the pandemic

Alistair Darling on the financial impact of the pandemic. How effective was the government's response?

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