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Kate Pickett

@ProfKEPickett

Social epidemiologist, author of 'The Good Society' co-author of 'The Spirit Level' and 'The Inner Level' and co-founder of The Equality Trust

 York, UK
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Joined December 2009
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Please sign The Equality Trust's petition to the UK government asking them to support the International Panel on Inequality: supporters.equalitytrust.org…
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A new paper with some great ECR colleagues: Overcoming arguments against tackling child poverty and inequalities: marshalling the evidence bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content…
Overcoming arguments against tackling child poverty and inequalities: marshalling the evidence

Overcoming arguments against tackling child poverty and inequalities: marshalling the evidence

Child poverty is a significant and growing issue in the UK, with nearly one in three children now living in poverty. The detrimental effects on children’s physical and mental health, as well as the...

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NHS pay policy is worsening inequality hsj.co.uk/workforce/nhs-pay-…
NHS pay policy is worsening inequality

NHS pay policy is worsening inequality

Paying NHS staff below the real Living Wage deepens the service's recruitment crisis and worsens the very health inequalities it exists to solve

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From our Substack: Global threats to health in the 21st century wilkinsonpickett.substack.co…
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Our Earth:Brain:Health report has just been published - a must read if you're interested in how the environment shapes our mental wellbeing: rdcu.be/FA812YSrcoSa
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If you’re in Bangkok this week, join me at the @fightinequality’s People’s Hearing alongside the IMF & World Bank Annual Meetings. Hear directly from communities, advocates, and civil society about how debt, inequality, and economic policies shape everyday life.
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Just heard 'Faithless' on BBC R4, a powerful documentary about what it cost people to leave controlling religious environments. Faith to Faithless supports these people, and it's raising £50,000 to reach more of them. If you can, please donate: humanists.uk/donate/action/f…
FtF Crowdfunder 2026

FtF Crowdfunder 2026

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At UN general assembly this morning
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Listen to "Kate Pickett on building a Good Society" by The MarketingKind podcast creators.spotify.com/pod/pro…
Kate Pickett on building a Good Society by The MarketingKind podcast

Kate Pickett on building a Good Society by The MarketingKind podcast

“Vested interests. And lack of political will.”That’s what Kate Pickett believes is holding us back from taking needed action to tackle inequality and build a good society.In this episode Paul...

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I'm one of 1500 academics calling for governments to support the IPI theguardian.com/inequality/2…
Global leaders urged to join initiative to fight extreme inequality

Global leaders urged to join initiative to fight extreme inequality

More than 1,500 academics and economists sign letter, calling growing gap between richest and poorest ‘a policy choice that can be reversed’

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My new column: People Want Economic Change but Have Stopped Trusting Governments to Deliver It socialeurope.eu/people-want-…
People Want Economic Change but Have Stopped Trusting Governments to Deliver It

People Want Economic Change but Have Stopped Trusting Governments to Deliver It

While two-thirds say that democracy is the best way to govern, four in ten say a strong leader would serve their country better.

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TAX BANK SUPER-PROFITS AT THE BUDGET c.org/HcWXSYnV6H via @UKChange
Sign the Petition

Sign the Petition

TAX BANK SUPER-PROFITS AT THE BUDGET

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Please read and share theguardian.com/politics/202…

Burnham urged to tackle inequality with policies including wealth tax

Key thinkers suggest other radical measures in Compass report such as free personal social care and abolishing Lords

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📷 Have Your Say: Would you like to join an online changemakers collective? 📷 The Equality Trust is exploring a new online space 📷 Now we need your input. Complete this short survey by 6 Sep to tell us what matters most to you  📷 Survey link: forms.gle/rUFqduyaisiPyze79
Survey: Online Changemakers Community

Survey: Online Changemakers Community

At the Equality Trust, we hear from people who would like to volunteer, gain experience, get involved or collaborate with us. So we are thinking about launching an online community. This would bring...

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Top economists urge Burnham to sign UK up to UN initiative on global inequality

Top economists urge Burnham to sign UK up to UN initiative on global inequality

Open letter signed by 40 academics including Nobel winner Joseph Stiglitz and Kate Pickett, co-author of The Spirit Level

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And the gold medal is awarded to.....equality! wilkinsonpickett.substack.co…
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London students more likely to apply to university than North East students | Health Equity North...

London students more likely to apply to university than North East students | Health Equity North...

  "Where young people live shouldn't make a difference to their likelihood of applying to university" 📢   New analysis from the Education Policy Institute on today's Level 3 Results Day reinforces...

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The current crisis is an opportunity to reinvent democracy open.substack.com/pub/wilkin…
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