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The Independent View: A strong agenda for the most disadvantaged – an opportunity for Liberal leadership?

Rough sleeper, Embankment, London - Some rights reserved by Dedly SiriusFifteen years ago this month New Labour heralded their intent to tackle complex and intractable social problems by launching a dedicated social exclusion unit within government. Fifteen years on, the challenges facing people with complex problems such as mental health issues, homelessness and substance misuse are still very real. In fact, there are indications that these problems are on the rise. Last year saw a 14 per cent increase in the number of homeless households. Rough sleepers are growing in number – up 43% across last year in London. There is a need for

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  • User AvatarEd Shepherd 20th Jun - 7:29am
    An interesting perspective from Steve Way. He makes some very good points.
  • User AvatarDominic 20th Jun - 6:13am
    FTT is indeed a dumb idea - just look what it did for Sweden's financial services industry when it tried it out some years back....
  • User AvatarDavid 20th Jun - 3:42am
    I'd be interested -- in fact, fascinated -- by this whole debate if I thought that the question were really up for decision. Since, however,...
  • User AvatarIan Patterson 19th Jun - 11:37pm
    Quelle Horreur. Nearly choked when reading liberator article today. we do not need more millionaires in ranks in lords, however 'active' they have been in...
  • User AvatarTim13 19th Jun - 9:45pm
    Interested to hear a comment from candidates' Office at HQ on the numbers of PPCs in place. For the 2005 and 2010 the party made...
  • User AvatarRoland 19th Jun - 8:29pm
    @Keith - Actually, I overlooked a couple of important points: Firstly Caron did say 'qualifies' rather than 'receives' - so apologies to Caron if I...
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