Hello reader,

While more and more households plunge further into poverty due to rising prices and bills, the biggest companies – unfettered by conscience or regulation – are raking in record profits.

On Thursday 25 January, I’ll be joined by a panel of experts and economists for an online Guardian Live event to explore the economic policies and changes our next government should implement to make Britain a more equal society.

With the next general election expected to take place this year, all political parties will be clambering to outline their commitments to promise a fairer Britain in their manifestos. Can 2024 give us a glimpse of hope? What changes do we want to see?

Join me, with the economist and Labour prospective parliamentary candidate for Peckham, Miatta Fahnbulleh; the economist and author Stewart Lansley; and the environmental political theorist and economist Michael Jacobs, and share your ideas and suggestions, as we shape a political manifesto that could help create a more equal society.

Book your tickets here.

I hope to see you there.

Zoe Williams,
Columnist, the Guardian