INEQUALITY AT HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE WORLD WAR 2

It is really shocking that after nearly 13 years of a Labour Government, inequality has grown to the highest levels seen since the Second World War. It is unbelievable that Labour thinks it can claim to be the party of aspiration when its failure to tackle the causes of poverty has let down so many lives.
A report from the National Equality Panel, just published , reveals that after 13 years of Labour Government:
• We have the highest levels of income inequality since soon after the Second World War;
• We have some of the highest overall poverty rates in Europe;
• Social mobility has stalled;
• By the age children start school, there’s a gap of up to year’s development between children with two parents with paid work, and those without;
• Up to age 44, women are better qualified than men but actually earn up to a fifth less.

We can’t go on like this. We need a change from Labour’s failed one-dimensional approach to tackling poverty and inequality.
Conservatives will tackle the causes of poverty and inequality, not just the symptoms, through radical policies to address educational failure, family breakdown and worklessness.