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Visit the website of One Society which works in partnership with The Equality Trust.
Action for Happiness is a movement for positive social change. They're aiming to bring together people from all walks of life who want to play a part in creating a happier society for everyone.
The False Economy website is an excellent and still-developing resource exploring the alternatives to cuts.
Bill Wilson (MSP for West of Scotland) draws attention to analysis by Save the Children that a VAT rise of 2.5% to 20%, which has not been ruled out by the new coalition government, will hit the poorest families hardest.
Coalition looking to implement pay ratios in public sector and to restrict bonuses...
David Cameron says second homes "not....splendid" for the economy...
A group of charities, including the Equality Trust, Child Poverty Action Group, Barnardo's and the TUC are asking the coalition government to commit to a Fairness Test on any tax rises or spending cuts they introduce. The Fairness Test would be developed by the Treasury, and would ensure that decisions taken to reduce the deficit do not unfairly impact on the poorest in society.
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Edmund Conway writing in the Daily Telegraph worries about the effects of inequality.
Tackling society's inequalities is what Labour governments are supposed to be about, and this one has quietly redistributed billions worth of tax since 1997, much of it paid by those fatcat bankers, to alleviate the plight of the poorest.
How much has it got to show for it?
Read Michael White's Guardian article
Unhappy Austrian millionaire gives away fortune...
Read Lynda Gratton in the Financial Times
Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson on Comment is Free
Lesley Riddoch writes that it's not only the poorest who suffer from inequality – in an equal society, fulfilment and health improve for everyone.
Read her article on Comment is Free
Richest 10% now 100 times better off than the poorest.
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