Act now

A vision for a better future and a new social contract

Common Sense Policy Group, Kate Pickett, Richard Wilkinson, Danny Dorling

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Year: 2024
• Topic: Business
• eBook ISBN:
  9781526180780
• Subtopic: Business generale
• Index: Business

An inspiring manifesto offering a radical vision for our political future. We live in an age of crisis and decline. The right presents 'solutions' that only worsen the situation, driving a downward cycle in which desperation leads to despair. But the left is also to blame: progressive politicians have consistently failed to recognise both the urgency of people's need and their receptiveness to new solutions.In Act now, a team of leading researchers presents a compelling and achievable vision for a progressive future. They outline clear policies for welfare, health and social care, education, housing and more. Arguing for a rolling forwards of the state, they call for a new era of active citizenship and economic democracy, grounded in robust and resilient institutions.Only a comprehensive and integrated approach, based on clear evidence of feasibility and popularity, can provide a pathway to the secure, democratic and prosperous Britain of tomorrow. This book is the blueprint. It calls on politicians, pundits and the British people to act now.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Epigraph
• Halftitle page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Common Sense Policy Group: chair and author team
• Consultation group
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Part I: The setting
• Part II: The policies
• Part III: Making it happen
• Notes
• Index