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CHANGE REQUIRED
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From punishing married couples....
Family breakdown amongst the highest in Europe |
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....to rewarding them
Recognising marriage in the tax and benefits system
VOTE SIMON KIRBY
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From means-testing pensioners....
Savings at their lowest ever; 125,000 without pensions |
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....to a savings culture and security in old age
Greater incentives to save; emergency provision to protect pensioners
VOTE SIMON KIRBY
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From rising addiction....
Highest drug abuse in Europe |
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....to abstinence and rehabilitation
Ending the scourge of dependence
VOTE SIMON KIRBY
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From spiralling debt....
Europe's worst debt problems |
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.....to financial responsibility
Making lending more transparent
VOTE SIMON KIRBY
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From failing state poverty schemes....
Poorest have got poorer; 600,000 more people in deep poverty |
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....to community social action
Trusting and empowering local people to combat disadvantage
VOTE SIMON KIRBY
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From run-down estates....
Graffiti and vandalism up by a third |
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....to urban renaissance and civic pride
Empowering residents to improve their neighbourhoods
VOTE SIMON KIRBY
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From bottom of the childhood league....
British children have the worst well-being in the OECD |
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....to family-friendly work and child-friendly public spaces
Flexible working and accepting risk
VOTE SIMON KIRBY
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From uninspired teenagers....
1.3 million young people not in education, employment or training |
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....to National Citizen Service
A six-week programme for every school leaver
VOTE SIMON KIRBY
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