Compass and the Orwell Youth Prize have teamed up to bring you a special new series, The Future We Want.

In this first episode, Orwell Youth Fellow Manal Nadeem joins Dawn Butler MP for a discussion of race, power and the pandemic. The episode begins with Manal reading her piece, 'The Poverty Pandemic'.

Read 'The Poverty Pandemic' by Manal Nadeem

The Orwell Youth Prize is an annual programme for students aged 12–18 culminating in a writing prize. The prize and programme introduce young people to the power of political language, and provoke them to think critically about the world around them.

The Future We Want is a new podcast series from the Orwell Youth Prize and Compass. We've matched the Orwell Youth Fellows from 2020 with figures from politics, media and political writing

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The Future We Want: The Poverty Pandemic with Dawn Butler