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Kate Pickett
Kate Pickett is professor of epidemiology at the University of York and co-author of The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone
July 2024Our landmark book revealed the cost ofinequality. Fifteen years later, things have only got worseRichard Wilkinson and Kate PickettLabour should be emboldened by the popularity of policies aimed at breaking down inequality, say
authors Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett23 Jul 2024 09.00 CEST…… commentsAugust 2023Why I joined 70 economists and human rights experts urging Labour to change courseKate PickettLabour
seems spellbound by the Tories’ economically illiterate cult of austerity – but there is another way to help Britain thrive, says Kate Pickett, co-author of The Spirit Level30 Aug 2023 19.00
CEST…… commentsMay 2020Why coronavirus might just create a more equal society in BritainRichard Wilkinson and Kate PickettThe pandemic has forced the government to put wellbeing before
growth, say academics and authors Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett4 May 2020 12.00 CEST…… commentsJune 2018Inequality breeds stress and anxiety. No wonder so many Britons are
sufferingRichard Wilkinson and Kate PickettIn equal societies, citizens trust each other and contribute to their community. This goes into reverse in countries like ours, say Richard
Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, the authors of The Inner Level10 Jun 2018 16.56 CEST…… commentsDecember 2017From Jane Austen to haunting memoirs: books to open your eyes to inequalityIn the
second part of our series, we asked Sarah Perry, Jeffrey Sachs, Sebastian Barry, Monica Ali, Richard Wilkinson, Julian Baggini, Kate Pickett and Afua Hirsch to tell us which titles helped
shape their views on inequality4 Dec 2017 08.00 CET…… commentsFebruary 2017Prepare for the worst: this inequality rift will tear our society apartRichard Wilkinson and Kate PickettThe
biggest rise in inequality since Thatcher is on its way, bringing economic instability, poverty, poor health, increased violence and fear among neighbours3 Feb 2017 10.35 CET……
commentsSeptember 2015The evidence backs Corbyn’s vision for education. He needs to start advertising it Kate PickettA non-selective, fair and all-embracing system: it all makes sense and
Labour must do a PR job to persuade parents28 Sept 2015 08.00 CEST…… commentsJune 2015Climate change is killing us. We must use the law to fight itRichard Wilkinson and Kate PickettThe
‘Claim the Sky’ campaign aims to save lives by protecting the atmosphere as a global asset, with governments taking legal action against those who pollute it24 Jun 2015 11.59 CEST……
commentsMarch 2015Women in the richest areas enjoy two decades more of healthy life than their poorer sisters. Welcome to unequal EnglandRichard Wilkinson and Kate PickettA third of the
population will not reach 60 in good health, new figures reveal. And it’s income, not lifestyle, to blame8 Mar 2015 01.05 CET…… commentsMay 2014George Osborne should be grateful for the
Robin Hood taxKate Pickett and Ric
hard WilkinsonKate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson: The chancellor has failed to block a tax that could halve child poverty and check a bloated financial sector. Brussels is serving UK
interests best1 May 2014 17.34 CEST…… commentsMarch 2014The Spirit Level authors: why society is more unequal than everRichard Wilkinson and Kate PickettRichard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett:
the authors of The Spirit Level, written five years ago, argue that research backs up their views on the iniquity of inequality9 Mar 2014 06.30 CET…… commentsMay 2013Rising child poverty in
the UK makes us all poorerKate PickettKate Pickett: More children grow up poor here than in many other rich, developed nations, which has a profound impact on our society8 May 2013 12.15
CEST…… commentsApril 2013Margaret Thatcher made Britain a less, not more, desirable place to do businessRichard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett
Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett: The ex-PM's greatest mistake was her failure to recognise that social cohesion is crucial to long-term economic growth
10 Apr 2013 10.00 CEST……commentsOctober 2012The panelEd Miliband speech: panel verdictLen McCluskey, Gavin Kelly, Kate Pickett, Tim Montgomerie, Patrick Diamond
Len McCluskey, Gavin Kelly, Kate Pickett, Tim Montgomerie and Patrick Diamond: How has Ed Miliband done in his speech to the Labour party conference? Our panellists give their views
2 Oct 2012 17.39 CEST…… commentsAugust 2012The poison of inequality was behind last summer's riotsRichard Wilkinson and Kate PickettRichard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett: A year on from the
riots, the government is still failing to identify their underlying causes5 Aug 2012 22.15 CEST…… commentsMay 2012Sorry Nick Clegg – social mobility and austerity just don't mixKate Pickett
and Richard WilkinsonKate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson: To claim social mobility as your guiding principle yet ignore income inequality is not serious policy-making15 May 2012 20.00 CEST……
commentsNovember 2011Occupy CifWe need Occupy to help deliver equalityKate PickettKate Pickett: Occupy Cif: The damage caused by income inequality is plain for all to see – yet governments
have failed to do anything about it15 Nov 2011 12.50 CET…… commentsSeptember 2011How to make children happy? Reduce social inequalityKate PickettKate Pickett: The damage that high income
inequality and consumerism do to family wellbeing is exposed by a new Unicef report14 Sept 2011 15.32 CEST…… commentsOctober 2010Them and Us by Will Hutton – review24 Oct 2010 01.06 CEST……
commentsSpending review: economists and other experts respondHoward Reed, Karel Williams, John Walker, Mark Littlewood, John Cridland, Frances O'Grady, Kate Pickett, Sandra Kerr, David Kern,
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