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On the level: Wealth dominates. Voting is how we push back. May 2026

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The elections are just two days away. Voters in Scotland will be choosing their local MSPs and who runs Holyrood, people in Wales face a Senedd election and many across England will be voting for mayors and/or local councillors.

With the way geopolitics feeling chaotic and community needs ignored in national conversation, it can feel like change impossible and that there is no point. But your voice matters. Both in the lead up to Thursday and at the ballot box itself.

These elections will shape our communities for years to come; housing, libraries, social care, the services people rely on to live a safe and secure lives. These are the foundations for everyday wellbeing, One way to influence change is to get talking - to the people who knock on your door, your friends, your neighbours. We know from those of you who answered our poll last week that many of you are already doing this - 40% of you to be exact. 

We need to be the countervailing force, demanding that equality remains on the agenda. We know because these decisions don’t just happen in a vacuum. Our research shows that they are shaped by concentrated wealth that rests in a few powerful hands. They happen in the small rooms where money buys access, and where "democracy" has a tendency to reflect the priorities of those with the deepest pockets. Fortunes build not so much by creating things, but by extracting from land, from labour, from the public goods we all contribute to. 

Because David beat Goliath, because a colony of ants can build a whole new construction from working together. We can do that same.

Election times provide good opportunities to get your issues in front of local canvassers and push for answers that matter to you and your communities. Our recent updated blog provides tips to help you make the most of this opportunity; from door conversations to attending a hasting or calling in to your local radio station. Get some ideas. 

So vote. Ask questions. Expect answers. Because while money may speak loudly, it doesn’t come with a ballot paper. 
 
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR LOCAL CANDIDATE
 

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Is there anything else you'd like to share about how you talk, or don't talk,  about inequality with the people in your life?

“I tell the story of reading Spirit Level and being amazed at the findings and conclusions - and then following the Equity Trust.  And depressingly the inequality in society seems to be growing rather than falling so there is plenty to talk about.I often mention it to my MP when I write to him.”

“I'm never aggressive but informed. I counteract lies spread by newspapers and tv news. I don't shout. I listen. I always talk about how we can change things for the better, People want to hear that and to believe it. Frequently, people i have spoken to in the street or park see me and join me in my walk to talk more. Some have even asked to visit me to continue speaking.”

“Depending on who I'm talking to, I try to give examples that counter what people tend to focus on - I try to change the hierarchy and focus to corporate welfare and tax abuse rather than welfare cheating, or asylum seeker costs which cost society so much less.”

“There's a lot of apathy regarding inequality. People need solid actions they can take that will make a genuine difference and that's lacking right now.”
Event: Change:NOW! Mobilising the Progressive Majority, 30 May

Join us and our friends from Compass for an insightful and action packed day of debate, disagreements and deliberations. Dive deep into policies that need to change to reset our economy and actions required to catalyse the change our country needs. Tickets are still available for the event on Saturday 30 May!
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Read: The Observer on wealth inequality

This recent article in The Observer delves deeper on headline stats on wealth inequality - which are often misleading, and why we should zoom out and look at what lies beneath the surface. "The combined result is that it’s simply harder to work, earn and save your way up the wealth distribution ladder than it was in the past."
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