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janet burton
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The problem is, we all want 'Fairness for all' - everyone free to reach their potential; and a 'Modern approach' - supporting the good, not just punishing the bad, as EHRC say; but we do not want, or cannot afford, to pay for it.
To support everyone in this way we need free access to education - which means free University education AND free basic accomodation for students. We need free access to work for all who want it, which means access to cheap childcare and access to reliable, accessible public transport for everyone who wants it.
All this means higher National Insurance/Tax to pay for it. At present we have a University education only for those rich enough to support their children through it, and even then half the children end up in debt for the next ten years. We have childcare only for those who can afford it, so in rich homes mothers are at work increasing family income, while poor homes get poorer. We have (unreliable) public transport which is inaccessible to many people either because they have disabilities or because there are not enough of them wanting it - so again the poorer people needing it just get poorer as they cannot get out to work.
These are the basics of a fair society - giving everyone the opportunity to work. Over the past ten years all of these services have got less available and less affordable - and that is under a labour government!
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