Britain is grossly unfair, disfigured by a broken social contract and excessive levels of inequality. How can we build a more equal country?

Speakers:

Will Snell, Founding Chief Executive, Fairness Foundation

Professor Kate Pickett, Professor for the Public Understanding of Social Science and Director of the Born in Bradford Centre for Social Change, University of York

Professor Aaron Reeves, Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, LSE

Chair:

Professor Armine Ishkanian, Professor of Social Policy, Department of Social Policy and Excecutive Director, Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity, LSE

In The Fair Necessities, Will Snell argues that unfair inequality undermines everything from faith in government to economic growth, yet a fairer country is within reach. Drawing on cutting-edge research and interviews with public figures, the book sets out the moral, political and policy cases for tackling inequality and explains how to build a broad, cross-party consensus for a fairer society.

Bringing together leading experts from academia, policy, and civil society, this event will examine how inequality lies at the heart of our problems in contemporary Britain. Our speakers will explore what a genuinely fair society might look like — from the reform of public services and the tax system to housing, work, and opportunity — and ask what it will take to make it happen.

For online attendance, please register on Zoom.

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