💰 ‘The idea this government has repeatedly touted – that we can only invest when the economy is stronger – is a wilful decision to put the savings cart before the investment horse.’

Our Advisor Ann Pettifor on how we must strengthen our economy.

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⚠️We need an energy system owned by us, that works for us!

A Social Guarantee for Energy will ensure we can all afford the energy we need, whilst investing in #renewables and #retrofitting to lower our emissions🌱

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In the UK, private vehicles contribute 88% of our greenhouse gases from transport.

Public transport? Only 4%.

We need to get people out of their cars by creating a great public transport system!

💸 We’ve been told there’s not enough money to invest in our #publicservices , but this thinking is back to front.

Like a human body, the economy needs the right inputs to function!

Are you campaigning for better healthcare, childcare, transport or other public services?

Check out this messaging guide and see how to win hearts and minds.

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🏚️ From planning laws to policies like Right to Buy, there are myriad reasons the UK is in the midst of an ever-deepening #housingcrisis …

❌ But a lack of houses isn’t the main issue.

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🤔When millionaires are getting richer and others can't afford the basics, you know the economy isn't working.

But it hasn't mysteriously broken down: it's been designed this way. And we can redesign it so that it delivers what we need to live: socialguarantee.org/about

Today’s growth figures don't capture the bigger picture.

The UK is still stuck in an economic rut as a result of successive government's failure to invest in our people, public services, and national infrastructure.

👶 Early years have a huge influence on life chances, & for parents, having affordable childcare means being able to go back to work.

We need to fix our broken #childcare system for kids, parents and our economy.

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The economy is the sum total of our activity: a sick population means a sick economy. We must invest in our health!

⚠️ 270k people in the UK are #homeless - 123k are children…

🏡 But we have 1.2million excess houses!!

Our housing crisis is personally & economically devastating. So, how did we get here? And how do we sort it out?

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🌎 '..it is time to come together to build a system that puts people & planet at its heart. It is the only way to overcome the great challenges of our time.'

@flavamaeve on how the Social Guarantee can end poverty in the Poverty Alliance
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💸 Our economy is delivering huge wealth to a few, whilst millions are in deepening poverty.

But we COULD design the economy to meet all of our needs - in an environmentally sustainable way.

socialguarantee.org

Spot on. There is little more shortsighted than underinvesting in our health service 'because we can't afford it'. We CAN afford it, and we simply will not have a thriving economy without a healthy population.

Investing in #EarlyEducation & #Childcare has huge potential to boost the economy, support children's development and help families with rising costs. The level of investment and infrastructure planning has to be taken seriously to reap these benefits.
thetimes.co.uk/article/gillia…

'Policymakers.. must stop treating the economy as an all-powerful god demanding human sacrifice, with GDP its totem'

Great to see Robbie Stakelum of Social Platform & Katy Wiese of EEB make the case for Universal Basic Services so brilliantly!👏

socialeurope.eu/universal-basi…

'If you don't invest today, there's no growth tomorrow.'

Andy Haldane hits the nail on the head here. We are sacrificing investment in our future for arbitrary debt and borrowing rules which are out of line with economic reality, and are holding our economy back.

❌ Politicians tell us there’s nothing they can do to ensure we all have what we need to live.

The good news: The policy solutions we need from housing and transport to #socialcare and energy all exist, are achievable now, and would contribute to a Social Guarantee!

'Sitting on the fence when it comes to green policy is fatal, environmentally and electorally' ☠️

Harry Ewart-Biggs sets out why politicians need to grab the bull by the horns and embrace policies that support people and planet.

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'Public services are like a ‘virtual income’ - meeting people’s everyday needs without the price being met in full/at all through out-of-pocket payments. Second, they provide good quality, sustainable jobs in every town, village and city in the country.'

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