We all want to know what on earth is going on.
Why real wages are flatlining but taxes are rising, and public services are still collapsing. Why our children can’t afford a house and why our neighbours are using foodbanks. We are all yearning for a way out of the repeated economic crises, generational divisions and political dysfunction that dominate our lives. Most of all we want our – and Britain’s – future back.
In Great Britain? Torsten Bell, Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation, makes a hopeful case for reclaiming a different future: by building an investment nation of good work, resilient communities and secure homes, a society in which both burdens and prosperity are shared.