25 Jan 2017
Social Housing and the Good Society: Policy Futures Report This is a the final report for the Webb Memorial Trust by the University of Birmingham’s Housing and Communities Research Group exploring change in... Read More
05 Jan 2017
‘In the light of Brexit, what can low income communities in the UK do to organise themselves to become more resilient and self-sufficient?’ Congratulations to Amy-Grace Whillans-Wheldrake, winner... Read More
27 Oct 2016
Whose responsibility is poverty? There is a growing consensus that current narratives around poverty have failed and that a new approach is needed to create a good society – one... Read More
24 Aug 2016
Forging a Good Local Society: Tackling Poverty Through a Local Economic Reset How do we tackle poverty and create social justice? What does the localisation of powers mean for... Read More
28 Mar 2016
Secure & Free: 5+ steps to make the desirable, feasible Insecurity has become pervasive. It permeates the lives not just of the marginalised but also the reasonably well off. In/security is... Read More
23 Dec 2015
How can growth reduce equality? This piece by Beninio McDonough Tranza won first prize in the New Statesman & Webb Memorial Trust 2015 essay competition. It was published by the New... Read More
17 Nov 2015
Should business play a role in addressing poverty in the UK? Who should solve the problem of poverty in the UK? This is a central question posed by the Webb... Read More
27 Oct 2015
#Planning4People: a Manifesto The planning system was invented to help provide a good home, for everyone, in a healthy, thriving place. But in the last few decades something has... Read More
29 Apr 2015
Low-paid parents can be helped to overcome the greater barriers they face in striking the right balance for their families between work and parenting through better childcare support, more responsive... Read More
01 Mar 2015
Research commissioned by the Webb Memorial Trust by leading pollster YouGov on attitudes to poverty in the UK has shown the qualities that people most treasured were social ones... Read More
01 Mar 2015
Research commissioned by the Webb Memorial Trust by leading pollster YouGov on attitudes to poverty in the UK has shown the qualities that people most treasured were social ones... Read More
15 Jan 2015
Britain has become a ‘5-75-20 society’ Download Something’s Not Right: insecurity and an anxious nation here A major new report from Compass commissioned by the Webb Memorial Trust analyses the precarious, insecure and anxious... Read More
22 Dec 2014
Congratulations to the winner of the 2014 Webb Memorial Trust essay competition, Adam Ludlow.
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27 May 2014
Decent Childhoods: reframing the fight to end child poverty comes out of a lengthy process of discussion and research. I chaired the original seminar in February 2011 when Kate... Read More
12 May 2014
Press release May 2014 to accompany New Statesman/Webb Memorial Trust supplement and launch of APPG Poverty report into civil society and poverty
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12 May 2014
Read the latest New Statesman supplement from the Webb Memorial Trust on the role of civil society in tackling poverty
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06 May 2014
Report undertaken by Edge Hill University commissioned by the APPG Poverty and Webb Memorial Trust examining the role of civil society in tackling poverty
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07 Apr 2014
A landmark in English social thought Twentieth-century Britain saw two great periods of social reform, in the decades 1905- 14 and 1940-50, when intellectual and political leadership came together... Read More
27 Mar 2014
Poverty and income inequality: can workplace democracy make a difference? Executive Summary Workplace democracy and the structure of the UK’s labour market Profound structural weaknesses in the UK labour... Read More
27 Mar 2014
Despite efforts over many years, poverty remains a stain on our society. We asked some of Britain’s best‑known commentators to say what should be done to address it. A... Read More
27 Mar 2014
A landmark in English social thought Twentieth-century Britain saw two great periods of social reform, in the decades 1905-14 and 1940-50, when intellectual and political leadership came together to... Read More
27 Mar 2014
What have we learned from a century of anti-poverty policies? Foreword Paul Hackett, Director of the Smith Institute and Richard Rawes, Chair of the Webb Memorial Trust “It is... Read More
27 Mar 2014
Narrowing the gap between public and private housing. The Fabian Society is Britain’s leading left of centre think tank and political society, committed to creating the political ideas and policy debates... Read More
27 Mar 2014
This paper has been prepared for a meeting at the Centre for Life on 4th December 2012. The paper gives findings from discussions with supporters of the 'January Declaration'.... Read More
27 Mar 2014
The January Declaration The January Declaration states that we should work together to create a North East that is good for everyone; treat everyone in the region with dignity... Read More
27 Mar 2014
The Webb Memorial Trust is interested to hear your views on the issues covered in this supplement. You may agree with our contributors or you may disagree. You may... Read More
27 Mar 2014
What would Beatrice Webb say about poverty in the UK today? The problem of social policy is not a new one. Indeed, it is education on this very subject that... Read More
27 Mar 2014
The Child Poverty Act committed the Government to ending child poverty by 2020, and producing an evolving child poverty strategy to signpost the way. While such an important strategy... Read More
18 Mar 2014
High Pay Centre analysis shows hidden cost of big pay differentials within organisations Workplaces with big pay gaps between the highest and lowest wage earners suffer more industrial disputes,... Read More
18 Mar 2014
From the Workhouse to Welfare: What Beatrice Webb’s 1909 Minority Report can teach us today is a collection of essays commissioned by the Fabian Society to commemorate this moment and... Read More
18 Mar 2014
The Beveridge report was published at the high-watermark of British solidarity. In December 1942, its bold social principles – of universal coverage, full employment, family allowances, benefits in return... Read More
18 Mar 2014
The Solidarity Society sets out a strategy for tackling poverty in Britainover the coming decades. It is the final report of a major Fabian Society research project, supported by... Read More
23 Dec 2013
Slaying the giants of poverty and unemployment This piece by Alex Shattock won first prize in the New Statesman & Webb Memorial Trust essay competition. It was published by... Read More
27 Mar 2012
If Beatrice Webb were alive today and wanted to compile an index of poverty in the UK, what factors would be included, how would they be measured, and how... Read More
27 Mar 2012
“If Beatrice Webb was alive today and wanted to develop an index of poverty in the UK what factors would be included, how would they be measured, and how... Read More
