LEAP Alternative Budget 10 Years On: Whatever happened to equality?

LEAP alternative budget launched as ‘10 Years On: Whatever happened to equality?’
As Chancellor Gordon Brown announces his Budget, ten years on from New Labour’s election, LEAP (comprising leading radical economists and Labour MPs) assesses the Government’s economic strategy and asks ‘Whatever happened to equality?’

The gap between rich and poor has grown under New Labour, and the Government’s green strategy is in danger of further exacerbating that gap. LEAP looks at the structural problems of UK economic strategy and concludes that intelligent policy-making decisions, not market solutions, are needed to deal with the crises of inequality and the environment.,

LEAP - LEFT ECONOMICS ADVISORY PANEL CO-SPONSORED BY New Left Unions, Socialist Campaign Group & Labour Representation Committee