#alternativestotorypolicies — Public Fediverse posts

We’ve got the talent and the #tech. So why can’t #Britain grow its own world-beaters?

Companies are deserting the #FTSE because of a shortage of #investment – but there is a #solution
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/19/weve-got-the-talent-and-the-tech-so-why-cant-britain-grow-its-own-world-beaters
#AlternativesToToryPolicies #GE2024

#Hospitals to share #WaitingLists under Labour plans for quicker care

Party says pooling resources across regions would deliver 40,000 extra appointments a week for patients
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/18/hospitals-to-share-waiting-lists-under-labour-plans-for-quicker-care
#AlternativesToToryPolicies #NHSEngland #CooperationNotCompetition

'We can easily end #ChildPoverty in the #UK. Here are five things to know

Progress can be made. We must not let stubbornly high rates turn us into fatalists'
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/18/end-child-poverty-uk-five-things-to-know
#AlternativesToToryPolicies

'The expansion of free #childcare has been a #Tory-fied mess of a bright #Labour idea'

'Ofsted’s registers show a fall in early years places every year since 2016: 17,800 places were lost in the year to November 2023 alone.'

'On a visit to a combined nursery and primary school, I saw how #EarlyYears provision can really be transformed''
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/23/expansion-free-childcare-tory-labour-nursery-primary-school
#ToryPoliciesInAction #AlternativesToToryPolicies

Wet weather but a warm welcome at #Glasgow’s #Refuweegee – a photo-essay

#KatherineAnneRose spent months documenting the #ScottisCharity, which welcomes and supports #ForciblyDisplacedPeople with the help of the #LocalCommunity

– a photo-essay -
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/21/wet-weather-but-a-warm-welcome-at-glasgow-refuweegee-a-photo-essay
#Refugees #Asylum #Scotland #AlternativesToToryPolicies

#IFS says closing 3 #InheritanceTax #loopholes could raise almost £4bn a year by end of decade

UK politics live -
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/apr/18/rwanda-bill-raf-planes-grant-shapps-conservatives-labour-rishi-sunak-uk-politics-latest-updates
#AlternativesToToryPolicies

#Children

‘Gift of hope and confidence’: parents recall how #SureStart was a lifeline

As calls grow for #Labour to reinstate the centres for #EarlyYears support, we hear from some of those who saw its benefits
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/10/sure-start-centres-early-years-support-families
#AlternativesToToryPolicies

#Labour to make fighting #GlobalHeating a priority for #BankOfEngland

#ShadowChancellor to use annual #MaisLecture to set out plans to #green the #economy if party wins election
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/19/labour-to-make-fighting-global-heating-a-priority-for-bank-of-england
#AlternativesToToryPolicies
#ClimateChange #Economy

The end of #landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to the #UK #HousingCrisis

Mass-scale #housebuilding isn’t necessary – there is already enough #HousingStock. But we need to learn the wisdom of the last century when it comes to #landlordism
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/mar/19/end-of-landlords-surprisingly-simple-solution-to-uk-housing-crisis
#AlternativesToToryPolicies

#Labour to end #UK exemptions for #BeeKillingPesticides outlawed by #EU

Exclusive: Wildlife groups welcome promise to ban #pesticides approved by government against scientists’ advice
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/05/labour-to-end-uk-exemptions-for-bee-killing-pesticides-outlawed-by-eu
#AlternativesToToryPolicies

The #Tories have sucked the joy from the #EducationSystem. Here are three ways #Labour can bring it back

#KeirStarmer should revitalise #SureStart, focus on Children's happiness – and give a crucial boost to #FurtherEducation
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/29/tories-education-system-labour-keir-starmer-sure-start-further-education
#AlternativesToToryPolicies
#Education

'Investing in #youth: bring back #SureStart and make it for #teens too

#YouthServices have been wrecked by #cuts. They must be reformed, better #funded and not just focused on #crime prevention
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/20/the-guardian-view-on-investing-in-youth-bring-back-sure-start-and-make-it-for-teens-too
#AlternativesToToryPolicies

'#Labour must act to save the #environment – here’s my three-point plan

#CarbonBudgets that add up, proper protection for Britain’s land and sea, and replacing #GDP with a #wellbeing index'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/20/labour-environment-carbon-budgets-gdp-wellbeing-labour-manifesto
#AlternativesToToryPolicies

#Britain is in a rut. Here are five ways to #FixTheEconomy

From #UnfreezingTaxThresholds to #BoostingSocialHousing, #solutions to the #UK’s problems don’t have to trigger the return of #inflation
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/15/britain-is-in-a-rut-heres-five-ways-to-fix-the-economy
#Economy #AlternativesToToryPolicies