Sentences with phrase «equal society»

Governments must create a more equal society by prioritizing ordinary workers and small - scale food producers instead of the rich and powerful.

Through our ceremonies, education services, and community and campaigning work, we strive to create a fair and equal society for all.

Daily experience confirmed the sense of a fairly equal society.

How can we ever hope to progress to a more socially equal society if our politics is limited to a «party for the rich» and a «party for the poor»?

The spirit level: Why more equal societies almost always do better.

There is a lot else we should do to try to create a more equal society.

Unions made Canada a much more equal society by raising the wages of formerly low - paid workers; by narrowing pay differences, including between women and men; and by successfully advocating for the expansion of social programs and public services.

Even if you ignore the growing evidence that more equal societies perform better, you can not escape from the fact that increasing absolute poverty while leaving vast swathes of unproductive wealth untouched will only make the recovery that much harder.

Theresa May's nods towards a more equal society show the power of our values.

Almost every modern social and environmental problem - ill - health, lack of community life, violence, drugs, obesity, mental illness, long working hours, big prison populations - is more likely to occur in a less equal society.

What they found is that equality and inequality are infectious: the more economically equal a society, the happier, healthier and more sane and peaceful it becomes - not just for the most fortunate, but for everyone:»... we are affected very differently by the income differences within our own society from the way we are affected by the differences in average income between one rich society and another.»

Passion for a more equal society Miriam Herzfeld, Convenor, Social Determinants of Health Advocacy Network (Tasmania)

Case in point: Researchers commonly find that in more equal societies, corruption is less prevalent and educational resources are allocated more equitably, ensuring most students have sufficient resources, not just the privileged.

It talked about what we don't have as opposed to what we should have in an equal society.»

The New Brunswick Federation of Labour is proud to be one of the organizations that has signed onto Building a more equal society: A progressive election platform for New Brunswick in 2018.

They are concerned the data will be used for partisan purposes and make it seem like Canada is becoming a more equal society «when the opposite is happening.»

Why do you keep looking to be special while living in a equal society.

His mission is to show the world that by changing our food habits, our purchasing and our nutrition, we can bring pride to local farmers and create a healthier, more equal society.

A politics of fairness and equality is about both (i) making an argument across the whole of society that a fairer and more equal society is in our collective enlightened self - interest, using the arguments of Richard Wilkinson, etc on issues like crime, general well - being, and that there are benefits of fairness for those at the top too.

In the new world politics, where people matter more than bankers and businesses, and a fair, equal society is the order of the day, there is once again a place for trade unionism at the heart of politics.

Opponents of the Green party are trying to discredit those who want a fairer and more equal society.

The role of the mutual sector in forging a strong economy and a more equal society is fast becoming hotly contested territory in British party politics.

Robert Page asks: Instead of skirmishing with the Conservatives and Liberals over «ownership» of the «progressive» label do you think that that the Labour Party should define itself unambiguously as a socialist party which believes that the state has a positive and active role to play in creating a more equal society?

Of course the author is right that the rich will seek to avoid paying their fair share, but the role of a politician aiming to create a more equal society is to challenge and pursue them for the contribution they should be making, not to shy away and accept their power and the disfigured society it has brought us.

Labour needs the confidence to go public with a vision of a fair and more equal society.

At their best the trade unions and the Labour Party have together made Britain a more civilised and equal society.

The Green Party manifesto has the stated aim of creating a «national health society» and presents a picture in which employment, education, transport, housing, food and the environment all contribute towards the creation of a healthier and more equal society.

It's essential that, in whatever form and place, the politics of radical social liberalism is kept alive and flourishes (which among other things recognises the role of the state in achieving a more equal society).

Speaking as part of the Ebor Lecture season arranged by York St John University, he said that an equal society was «not attainable, but that is no reason for not working towards it».

Osborne has even defended the 50p rate on the grounds that it will help foster a «more equal society».

Taken together the raft of welfare and other changes will seriously affect disabled people's income and opportunities and risk undoing the momentum towards a more equal society that has taken decades to build.

I want to lead that effort as part of a really big Labour team getting Labour back into office and changing this country and building a fairer, more equal society.

«Becoming a member of Momentum will enable to you to be part of and shape a growing network of people and groups who are committed to building a more democratic and equal society and see a Jeremy - led Labour Party in government.»

Through our ceremonies, pastoral support, education services, and campaigning work, we advance free thinking and freedom of choice so everyone can live in a fair and equal society.

He said he wanted to be part of a «really big Labour team, getting Labour back into office, changing this country and building a fairer and more equal society».

And a «responsible capitalism», and this is an agenda being led by business, where companies pursues profit but we also have a equal society, power is in the hands of the many and where we recognise our responsibilities to each other.

And a «responsible capitalism», and this is an agenda being led by business, where companies pursues profit but we also have an equal society, power is in the hands of the many and where we recognise our responsibilities to each other.

As the next Assemblymember of the 79th District, I look forward to standing with Citizen Action of New York in our fight for a stronger and more equal society.

For one of the fruits of that success will be that Britain has become a more equal society.»

For today the wise boffins of the LSE and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation have published Towards a More Equal Society?

, a comprehensive analysis of Labour's claims to have produced a more equal society.

At the launch of the poverty audit, Miss Harman said that «the public wants an equal society, one where there is not a yawning and growing gap between the bottom and the top.»

Second, in moving Labour on to the centre ground, the New Labour project has seemingly undermined public support for traditional Labour values — such as a more equal society.

«I can not vote to trigger article 50 on the wing and a prayer that Brexit will do as the prime minister says, and make Britain a fairer, more prosperous and equal society, because I do not believe that is true,» he said.

The fight for a more equal society has to become a priority again and Ed Miliband understands this (see his column on page 21).

But if the election is going to be fought over which party can make Britain a more equal society, or which party is best placed to abolish child poverty, then I'll happily put up with a five - month campaign.