Almost everyone recognises that we are at a turning point. Unless we transform our society, our economy and our democracy, we will face a downward spiral.

The 2024 general election result brings a welcome relief to UK politics. Some better ideas and people are at the helm. But we desperately need a new paradigm.

The New Settlement for a Better Society, a new report from cross-party campaign group Compass, seeks to establish the guiding principles and building blocks of a society that is much more equal, democratic and sustainable.

The failures of the last few decades are self-evident, but we know that while formal politics claims that little more can be done, there are others in the UK and around the world who are creating the conditions for a Good Society. Much of what we are told is impossible here, is already accepted practice elsewhere. A better world isn’t just an aspiration for tomorrow, it is here already. We just need to see it, believe in it and back it.