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A registered charity that works to improve the quality of life in the UK by reducing economic and social inequality. linkin.bio/equalitytrust

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Our (much appreciated!) trustee Gerry Boyle spent 6 years helping guide the Equality Trust through Covid-19, four Prime Ministers, and a lot of change. What did he learn? equalitytrust.org.uk/news/blog/boar…
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Board Blog: My Experience as a Trustee - Equality Trust
This blog post is from long-time Trustee Gerry Boyle, who is hugely appreciated for the six years he has given to helping the Equality Trust operate. I have just stood down as a Trustee of the Equality Trust, having served two terms of three years each, the maximum allowed under our constitution. It has certainly […]
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jl57.bsky.social @jl57.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Billionaires are gaining too much power over our democracy. I just signed an @equalitytrust.bsky.social petition to stop them. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
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Stop oligarchs buying democracy
Billionaires are gaining too much power over our democracy. It's time to stop it.
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Naomi Fowler @naomifowler.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
We all know billionaires are gaining too much power over our democracy. People often think stopping it would make elections costly for the public but NOTHING can cost us more in consequences than the way we're doing it now. Please consider signing this @equalitytrust.bsky.social petition
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Stop oligarchs buying democracy
Billionaires are gaining too much power over our democracy. It's time to stop it.
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Patriotic Millionaires @patrioticmillionaires.org · 25/02/2026
Economic inequity hasn’t occurred because the wealthy are any smarter than everyone else, or working any harder. It was caused by a series of policy decisions that have steadily made life easier for the wealthy, and harder for most working people.
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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Reporting from London Centric has exposed the ongoing mass eviction of hundreds of tenants from properties across London owned by Asif Aziz. Our lives should never be at the mercy of one capricious billionaire: we need to tax billionaire wealth, build social homes, and change our system.
Graphic stating billionaires cause homelessness with a quote from London Centric reading "London's worst mass eviction in recent history", referring to Asif Aziz's eviction of hundreds of people. Billionaires should be taxed, the graphic concludes.
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 22/02/2026
London’s “worst mass eviction in recent history” is underway; hundreds of households across London told to get out of their homes this week by the same landlord, ahead of the renters rights act. The landlord? Billionaire Asif Aziz’s Criterion Capital. www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...
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Who's the billionaire behind London’s biggest mass eviction?
He's the London philanthropist who says he's committed to solving homelessness. So why is Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital rushing to make hundreds of Londoners homeless in the coming weeks?
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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
“Council tax is a very regressive and unfair system. It’s made regional wealth inequality even worse. It essentially punishes poorer areas for being poor.” Our very own Joe Wright in The i news. Want to do something about it? 1/2 👉 inews.co.uk/news/292-are...
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The 292 places paying more council tax than super-rich Kensington
Some residents in England face bill hikes of £200 from April, as calls grow for reform of ‘outrageous’ council tax system
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Fairness Foundation @fairness.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
We've released new polling this morning on wealth creation which sends a clear message to policymakers: Back Britain’s genuine wealth creators - and take on the extractive practices draining our communities. 🔗Read more: fairnessfoundation.com/making-or-ta...
Someone welding is the background to this text overlay that reads making or taking? public attitudes to wealth creation and extraction
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Cost of Living Action @costoflivingaction.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
"The British public are strongly opposed to business models that are seen as extractive. Particular anger is reserved for business models that are understood to exploit consumers, workers or society more broadly, including those that avoid tax or rip off consumers."
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Cuts to overseas aid by the UK are set to go further and faster than those made by the Trump administration in the US, as Sir Keir Starmer’s government wrestles with funding pressures www.ft.com/content/ad52...
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UK overseas aid cuts to outstrip those of Trump administration
Spending will drop 27% this year from 2024 levels to help fund higher defence budget
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Cost of Living Action @costoflivingaction.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Almost two thirds of people in the UK have cut back on essentials due to the cost of living. The crisis isn’t over — it’s getting worse. Today we're launching the Cost of Living Action campaign, calling on the Government to end this crisis and ensure it never happens again.
a graphic saying '63% say they have cut back on essentials because of the cost of living crisis', with some trollies illustrating the proportion.
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Friends Provident Foundation @fprovfoundation.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
“What would it be like if everyone had what they needed to live a good life, and how would that be different from how things are now?” This is the question @equalitytrust.bsky.social Community Economists & @cts4change.bsky.social are asking to create a common vision for our future: buff.ly/oCifZjp
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Community Economists: Insights from Community Conversations - Equality Trust
For many the economy is something unfamiliar and confusing. Something that happens to us, influenced by forces beyond our control or understanding. Changing this is crucial to building real,…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/02/2026
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Talk of building a good society is often met with the charge of utopianism. But this is wrong, argues @profkepickett.bsky.social of @equalitytrust.bsky.social. The blueprint for a fairer society lies in front of us – but it requires moving away from “trickle-down” economics #LSEInequalitiesBlog
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Why my vision of a Good Society is evidence-based, not utopian
We have a choice about the kind of society that we build. A fairer, more prosperous society is possible, but requires moving away from “trickle-down” economics.
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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Will they be pretty? Will they be rich? Maybe they'll just be rich. But which billionaire will be your Valentine today?
Flowchart exploring which billionaire will be your Valentine is based on tax payment, inheritance, media power, and controversies.
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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Billionaires are organising across the world, from South African billionaires trying to win control of political parties to American oligarchs undermining democracy wherever they can. The only way to stand up to them is for workers to organise back #heartunions
Green and yellow layered heart with #heartunions text, stating billionaires organise so workers must organise
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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
If we want to build a more equal society, unions must be a key part of that. We know that more unionised societies are more equal, workers are more protected, and communities stronger - but that's far from the only reason to #heartunions this week
Green and yellow hearts display union benefits like maternity pay, sick pay, and pensions rights on a dark background.
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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
We asked our supporters who they'd hypothetically vote for in the Gorton and Denton by-election and a general election. 1/3 said they prioritised voting against a disliked party. This week we're asking what you'd do with the House of Lords. Vote now: equalitytrust.org.uk/weekly-poll
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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Don't forget to apply to our Senior Digital Engagement Officer role! Applications close this Thursday. You don't want to miss this chance to mobilise the movement against inequality. Get your applications in at: equalitytrust.org.uk/job-vacancy/se…
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Senior Digital Engagement Officer - Equality Trust
We're looking for a Senior Digital Engagement Officer to develop and implement our digital communications strategy
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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
The completely shocking utterly unsurprising reports about Mandelson, Epstein and banks show how broken the UK's system is – but we're not alone. Billionaires are exerting influence worldwide. We should stop them.
Collage of news clippings highlights billionaire influence on democracy, tax policies, and political campaigns worldwide.
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Inequality has a profoundly negative effect on health and wellbeing. Not because it suddenly kills, but because it slowly reshapes how people live, relate, cope, and age. Richard Wilkinson and @profkepickett.bsky.social @equalitytrust.bsky.social on @lseinequalities.bsky.social
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Inequality and health: Lost in the mists of time?
Inequality has a profound negative effect on health and wellbeing: not because it suddenly kills, but by slowly reshaping how people live, relate, cope, and age
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Fair By Design @fairbydesign.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Our latest blog, written by members of our Lived Experience Panel, explores the language we use and asks 'What Does Lived Experience Really Mean?' fairbydesign.com/blog-what-li...
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What Does ‘Lived Experience’ Really Mean? Our Panel’s Perspective
Our Lived Experience Panel shares what the term ‘lived experience’ means to them, why language matters, and how genuine inclusion shapes real policy change.
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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
We're hiring a new Senior Digital Engagement Officer to help grow our movement and tell stories about inequality's damage to our society! Apply by 5th Feb: equalitytrust.org.uk/job-vacancy/se…
Person holding a green sign reading 'TAX THE RICH' at a protest, with a job vacancy for Senior Digital Engagement Officer by Equality Trust below.
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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Join us and our friends at Compass for the launch of Professor Kate Pickett's new book The Good Society online at 6pm on Wed 4th February. Featuring a truly stacked lineup of Caroline Lucas, Ruth Lister, George Monbiot and of course, Professor Kate Pickett. Sign up now: ow.ly/kkpb50Y794O
A picture of Kate Pickett inviting you to the launch of her book the Good Society at 6pm on Wednesday 4th February.
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Dario Goodwin @socialdoomocrat.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The pre-eminent researchers into the impact of inequality said
An image of a foggy road through the woods with the caption "bitches be like I have my whole life ahead of me. No you don't the fog is coming"
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Sirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Inequality as a fog that gradually seeps into every corner of social life. Inequality has left such a deep imprint on health and wellbeing not because it suddenly kills, but because it slowly reshapes how people live, relate, cope, and age – until the damage can no longer be hidden #Equity
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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Changes to corporate tax transparency regulations that would have required businesses to publish actual information about their activities have been quietly delayed by the government. Not only will this encourage more tax avoidance, it'll also make it much harder to tackle fraud, abuse or crime.
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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Inequality is moving fast. We've got 20,000 supporters to keep informed, MPs to lobby, research to promote, narratives to build, and community organising work all over the country. Be a part of that! Apply to be our next Senior Digital Engagement Officer: ow.ly/8WzP50Y3GsP
A job vacancy image featuring a woman speaking into a megaphone at a community event, as if to convey the idea of an engagement officer.
The text reads: new job vacancy, Senior Digital Engagement Officer. Fulltime, £42,064. London/hybrid. Apply by Thurs 5th February.
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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
We're getting more and more proof that billionaire enrichment is at the expense of the rest of us. We need to tax the richest to invest in the rest of us, sure – but we also need to tax them to reduce their power over our lives.
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‘You’d be ashamed to bring someone here’: The struggling billionaire-owned high street that shows Reform’s road to No 10
Newton Aycliffe was meant to be a model town for a fairer postwar Britain. But unaffordable rents on a high street amounting to 0.12% of its property tycoon owner’s holdings have made it a symbol of d...
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
“Inequality has left such a deep imprint on health and wellbeing not because it suddenly kills, but because it slowly reshapes how people live, relate, cope and age” – Richard Wilkinson & @profkepickett.bsky.social of @equalitytrust.bsky.social #LSEInequalitiesBlog
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Inequality and health: Lost in the mists of time?
Inequality has a profound negative effect on health and wellbeing: not because it suddenly kills, but by slowly reshaping how people live, relate, cope, and age
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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Do you believe inequality is a crisis? Think you're good at convincing others that's the case? We're looking for a Senior Digital Engagement Officer to develop and implement our digital comms strategy. Apply by 5th Feb! equalitytrust.org.uk/job-vacancy/se…
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Senior Digital Engagement Officer - Equality Trust
Title: Senior Digital Engagement OfficerHours: Full time (35 hours a week) – we are open to job shares and part time workSalary: £42,064.78  (3.1% inflationary pay increase from 1st April 2026)Location: London (Vauxhall) – we are open to hybrid working with at least 2 days per week working in personBenefits: closure between Christmas and New […]
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Compass @compassoffice.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
❌We don’t need water company ‘MOTs’ and stickers on dishwashers. We need real action to fix a system that has been ripping people off and illegally dumping sewage with no accountability. We need public ownership. Help us act: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Enough money to end global poverty 26 times over. That's how much money billionaires have made since 2020 according to Oxfam's new research. But instead of doing that, they're using this obscene cash pile to brazenly manipulate politics, buy governments, and rule us.
Oxfam research reveals £13.7 trillion wealth concentrated among 3,000 billionaires worldwide. This is bad.
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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Oxfam's new billionaire wealth tracker is the most entertainingly depressing tool I've seen in a while – the sheer scale of riches hoarded by billionaires is obscene, especially when you see how much public good tiny fractions of it could do. www.oxfam.org/en/oxfam-billionaire-…
Oxfam Billionaire Wealth Tracker showing billionaires' wealth increased by $9.8 billion in one day, compared with how little of that money it would take to provide clean water.
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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Other European and advanced economies have been reducing child poverty rates – but the UK has been sharply increasing it for over a decade. The government has answered with a Child Poverty Strategy, but does it understand the real crisis? Read our briefing now: ow.ly/lVGT50XZAJW
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Briefing: Inequality and the Child Poverty Strategy - Equality Trust
The Child Poverty Strategy is a serious attempt to reduce hardship, but believes poverty can be solved without confronting wealth and power.
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Oxfam GB @oxfamgb.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
‼️"Billionaire wealth jumps three times faster in 2025 to highest peak ever, sparking dangerous political inequality" Find out more: bit.ly/4qpnuyI
Graph with a small pile of money and a much larger pile of money. Text reads; "Billionaire fortunes have grown at a rate three times faster in the last year than they did on average in the 5 previous years."
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 19/01/2026
NEW – Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @sylviahayes.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/eAPkvkx
Number of UK newspaper editorials arguing for more (blue) and less (red) climate action, 2011-2025. Some editorials also present a “balanced” view, which is categorised as advocating for neither “more” nor “less” climate action. These editorials are not represented in this chart. Source: Carbon Brief analysis.
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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
"Around a tenth of Britain’s land has been privatised since 1979. Now if councils want to buy land back they are charged extortionate prices shaped by speculation and scarcity, making it harder for them to afford to build social homes," said @hollies.bsky.social inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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Why a land 'fire sale' is making it impossible to build affordable homes
Decades of the privatisation of once-public land is one of the biggest barriers to meeting ambitious housing targets
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Dr Tony Kainth @tonykainth.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
He’s not wrong. (images via @equalitytrust.bsky.social)
 in the UK the top 5th own two thirds of wealth an the bottom 5th own 0.5 % of wealth. We have the 9th most unequal incomes in the oecd.  The 50 wealthiest families in the U.K. have the same wealth as the combined wealth of half of the U.K. population - that’s £466 billion.
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ANZAC @anzac69.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
@equalitytrust.bsky.social Bless the Equality Trust 4 being brave enough 2 abandon Twitter (or X as the head twit would have us call it) & it's nastiness! I wish our government, public bodies & others would be brave enough 2 do so too. This will help hit the owner's wealth; maybe then he'll act?
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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Maybe you're doing dry January, Veganuary, or trying something else to live a little better this month. You know who isn't? The richest. The UK's richest produced more carbon in 8 days than 50% of the population use in a year.
A headline describing Oxfam's new research report: The richest 1% have already exceeded their carbon emission share for 2026 in just a few days. Private jets fly behind the headline.
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Positive Money UK @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Local currencies could help Global South countries reclaim control over economic policy and respond to the climate crisis. Hear from leading experts in a webinar on the topic: 📅 Thursday 22 January 🕠 5:30 pm GMT Register now to join the discussion:
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Can local currency financing help solve the climate and debt crisis?
Join us for a discussion on the challenges and opportunities of expanding local currency financing to tackle the climate and debt crisis
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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
With a single change, this government will lift hundreds of thousands of kids out of poverty. Scrapping the two-child limit will lift was the best thing to come out of the last budget - and we should never go back.
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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
The average FTSE 100 CEO is making 113 times the median full-time worker's wage – but why rely on averages? Our calculator can tell you exactly how long it'll take a CEO to get paid your salary 🫵 Try it now: equalitytrust.org.uk/news/ceos-paid…
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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
I can't believe privatised water would fail us in this way. Surely South East Water, which spent more on debt and dividends than infrastructure, is not to blame
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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
What do you do when CEO pay is so out of control that your boss is paid your whole year's wage in just 29 hours? Tax it. High Pay Centre's proposal would progressively increase a company's corporation tax the more the CEOs is overpaid. Sign now: you.38degrees.org.uk/p/fatcattax
Graphic with a cat outline and text asking how to stop a fat cat, answered by 'FAT CAT TAX' in bold letters. A button appeals for you to sign the petition.
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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
As you're reading this — literally right now — FTSE 100 CEOs have just been paid as much as an entire year's wage for the median full time worker. After just a couple of days back. I haven't even cleared my inbox yet.
Bar chart showing FTSE 100 CEOs are paid a year's median full time wage in just 29 hours, compared to £594 for median workers after 29 hours.
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High Pay Centre @highpaycentre.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
HPC data shows the FTSE 100 CEO just over two days to earn the median UK worker’s full time annual salary. Average CEO pay is £4.4m — 113× the median worker’s salary of £39,039. With long-term wage stagnation, how can this possibly be justified? highpaycentre.org/fat-cat-day-...
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Naomi Fowler @naomifowler.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Let's ban the super-rich making super-huge donations; parliamentarians should be accountable to the electorate, not elites. I just signed an @equalitytrust.bsky.social petition to stop them: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st... Please consider signing and sharing too
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Stop oligarchs buying democracy
Billionaires are gaining too much power over our democracy. It's time to stop it.
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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Wealth in the UK is extremely concentrated at the top: over half belongs to the richest 10%, while the richest 1% control over a fifth by themselves. But the bottom half of the population – nearly 34 million people – have less than 1/20th between them. This is bad for all of us. It has to change.
UK wealth distribution shows 50% of people hold just 4.6%, while top 10% own 57%.
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