Inequality Policy

Fair Wages for Fair Work

• Support a living wage that reflects real costs of housing, energy, and food.
• Tax breaks or incentives for small businesses that pay staff fairly.

Closing the Wealth Gap

• Reform tax loopholes that allow the super-rich and big corporations to avoid paying their fair share.
• Reinvest that money into local services, schools, and NHS support.

Regional Investment

• Too much wealth is concentrated in London and the South East.
• Push for a fairer share of government spending in underfunded regions - rebuilding local economies, infrastructure, and transport.

Equal Opportunity in Education

• Expand training schemes and apprenticeships so that every young person has a pathway to skilled work, not just those who go to university.
• Ensure rural and deprived areas get the same access to quality schooling.

Affordable Housing

• Encourage cooperative/local housebuilding schemes so young people and working families aren't priced out of their own communities.
• Reduce speculative ownership and keep homes available for residents, not investors.

Breaking the Cycle of Poverty

• Invest in preventative measures: mental health, skills training, childcare.
• Ensure benefits are a safety net, not a trap that discourages work.

Health Inequality

• Address the postcode lottery in healthcare where some areas get better access than others.
• Redirect NHS resources to where need is greatest.

Community-Owned Businesses

• Provide financial support for local cooperatives and community businesses that create local jobs and keep profits in the community.
• Reduce dependence on large corporations by giving ordinary people a stake in their local economy.

Local Healthy Food

• Support locally grown, healthy food production through grants, training, and access to land.
• Encourage community food cooperatives and farmers' markets so healthy food is affordable and communities are less reliant on imports.