Key Developments (October 2020)

Inequality Bites: The Equality Trust’s new podcast series launches on 19th October 

We are very excited to announce Inequality Bites, The Equality Trust’s brand new podcast. Each episode Wanda will be speaking to an activist, academic or researcher on a range of vital inequality issues such as physical and mental health, pay discrimination and wellbeing.

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Our first episode, featuring Professor Kate Pickett, will be released on Monday 19th October via The Real Agenda Network, and

will be available to listen to on all the usual podcast platforms.

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Tackling health inequalities webinar now available to watch online

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As the true scale of health inequalities continues to be highlighted during the pandemic, we e are delighted to share the video from our latest webinar, Tackling health inequalities in light of Covid-19, with Professor Sir Michael Marmot, Farzana Khan (Healing Justice London) and Natalie Creary (Black Thrive).

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Nearly 1,000 people joined on the night for a series of presentations and a great discussion on the intersections of health inequalities, race and power. 

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LATEST BLOGS / COMMENT / RESOURCES

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• Wanda quoted in the Huffington Post: Who Profited From The U.K. Government’s Coronavirus Spending Boom?

• The Equality Trust supports a letter to the Chancellor to make the £20 a week increase to Universal Credit permanent

• #PolicySoWhite: TET trustee Kristiana Wrixon explores diversity (or lack thereof) in the charity sector

• Time’s up: we need to abolish billionaires

• The Equality Trust signs an open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on reforming our residential property taxes

• Co-founder Professor Richard Wilkinson features in The Guardian: Build back better by reducing the income gap

• The latest guest blog from TET Co-founder Bill Kerry: What’s so patriotic about extreme inequality and mass poverty? 

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KEY DEVELOPMENTS AND REPORTS

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• Upcoming event: Celebrating 10 years of the Equality Act 2010 with Just Fair

• 10 facts to change the world: using “factivism” for change 

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INEQUALITY IN THE NEWS

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• Pay equality in Brazil: Brazil women footballers to receive equal pay

• The polluter elite: World’s richest 1% cause more CO2 than bottom 50%

• Turning the tide: BBC give pay rises to 700 female staff

• AGM activism in action: Five ways Share Action took companies to task in 2020

• World Bank’s ‘Mobilizing Finance for Development’ not financing development

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COVID-19 AND INEQUALITY 

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• Watch The Health Foundation’s webinar: What does the pandemic mean for the nation’s health and health inequalities?

• Inequality and COVID-19 in 13 charts: the Institute for Policy Studies shows why equal societies deal with pandemics better

• Profits and pandemics: Britain’s billionaires see profits soar during pandemic