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Anyone for a shared society?

shawn mach
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Some snippets from yesterday’s papers in advance of Teresa May’s ‘shared society’ speech later:

- Previous administrations have focused too narrowly on the very poorest through the welfare system: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38545674

- Prime Minister hints at a willingness to scale back pensioner benefits: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/07/theresa-may-unveils-plans-create-shared-society-reform-vision/

- Prime Minister to outline new plans for govt to step up above & beyond the remit of the traditional welfare state: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/07/theresa-may-unveils-plans-create-shared-society-reform-vision/

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shawn - 09 January 2017 10:41 AM

- Prime Minister hints at a willingness to scale back pensioner benefits: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/07/theresa-may-unveils-plans-create-shared-society-reform-vision/

Hell yeah, why should it just be children and families who we plunge into poverty, why not rebalance society and make sure even the oldest people can share the pain of low incomes and all the joy that brings to the world…...

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And a bit more in an article by Theresa May about the shared society apparently published in Telegraph yesterday -

https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/the-shared-society-article-by-theresa-may

and a press release -

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-to-set-out-plans-for-shared-society