I was delighted to speak at the launch of The Fabian Society latest report on poverty premiums in financial services and other markets.

The next Labour Government will deliver a national financial inclusion strategy to ensure that everyone can access the financial services they need.

Starting in 2 hours.

The Fabian Society online event on their new report in partnership with Fair By Design.

With Tulip Siddiq Martin Coppack Dave Mendes da Costa Ben Cooper Caroline Cawley & Andrew Harrop

Huge opportunity now for Labour to work together at 3 tiers of government: Westminster, mayors and councils.

Each bringing their own advantages to bear to raise living standards and get those regional economies really going.

Just need a general election to make that happen…

Must be a signal somewhere amid all this noise.

Carers make a massive contribution to society which all too often goes unrecognised, unsupported and unrewarded. Eloise Sacares Eloise Sacares 🌸 The Fabian Society discusses a number of policy options for consideration following a review of recent proposals to increase protections for…

Looking forward to giving this a listen but “Radical Optimism” sounds more like the name of a Fabian Society pamphlet or a Labour Party faction circa 2014 than an album title.

Join us and The Fabian Society for the online launch event of their latest report “Cost Cutters: A plan to tackle the poverty premium and make markets work for low-income families.”

➡️Tuesday 7th May
➡️13.00 – 14.30
➡️Watch online via YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=KJMp2T…

'In Cost Cutters, a new Fabian Society report... we set out a plan to tackle the poverty premium and make markets work for low-income families.'

Ben Cooper writes about his new report on how Labour could reshape key markets to raise living standards: labourlist.org/2024/04/cost-l…

'People on the lowest incomes are affected most. They even pay higher prices for essential goods and services because they have a low income.'

Great to see coverage of The Fabian Society & Ben Cooper report on the poverty premium in LabourList today.

labourlist.org/2024/04/cost-l…

Out today new The Fabian Society report Cost Cutters: A plan to tackle the poverty premium and make markets work for low-income families, in partnership with Fair By Design.

Key findings and recommendations⬇️⬇️⬇️

🚨NEW REPORT🚨

Cost Cutters, launched by The Fabian Society, sets out how to tackle the cost of living crisis for low-income families

It includes

A ‘Cutting Costs’ plan, saving £220 per yr
An energy social tariff, saving £340 per yr
Improvements to regulators

fabians.org.uk/publication/co…

Great new report from Ben here - a series of practical interventions to reduce the cost of essentials and improve living standards

Really interesting report out from The Fabian Society.

If we want to see essential markets which really work for everyone there are some bold changes needed.

Great to see practical ideas like social tariffs, consumer duties and statutory consumer advocates at the heart of this report.

NEW from The Fabian Society

Rightly we spend a lot of time thinking about how to raise incomes to tackle hardship

But reducing essential living costs is just as important

This report by Ben Cooper shows us how to do it