A real manifesto for change
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In the absence of bold proposals in Labour’s change-through-stability manifesto it has fallen to the Greens, Lib Dems and independent candidates and research agencies to fill the gap.
The Common Sense Policy Group based at Northumbria University has led the creation of a blueprint for policy reform with Beveridge Report ambitions to bring an end to poverty and inequality in Britain.
Working with researchers from Northumbria University led by Prof Matthew Johnson, we have a range of well-known radical academics and campaigners such as Danny Dorling, North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll, We Own It Director Cat Hobbs, Compass Director Neal Lawson, health campaigner Allyson Pollock, and The Spirit Level authors Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett
Their report Act Now, discussed here by Mike Phipps, sets out what they call straightforwardly “a feasible, affordable and popular programme to deliver the security we all need that gives us a future worth working for.”
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This article was originally published by Labour Hub on Tue 25 Jun 2024. Read the original here.
A real manifesto for change
Mike Phipps previews at Act now: A vision for a better future, by the Common Sense Policy Group, published today by the Manchester University Press.
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I find the phrase ” a fairer electoral system” is unhelpful mush and something that lawyer like Starmer could make mincemeat out of. It is certainly not the basis for “unified campaigning. ” Alan Story, co-founder, GET PR DONE!
Now this is a manifesto I would definitely vote for.