Life Beyond Debt

Labour’s purpose is fairness: to build a country where everyone has the opportunity to succeed regardless of their background. Sustainable growth, higher employment, better living standards, investment in health, transport, education. These are all essential if we are to build the fairer, stronger, country we want to see. A stable economy is not an optional extra. It's a means to an end - fairness; rising prosperity; opportunities for everyone.

The Labour government is committed to taking the action needed to support British families and businesses through the tougher economic times sweeping the world. Britain s better placed to emerge from this world slowdown stronger than before, but we are taking action now to ease the pain of the credit crunch for hard-working families.

Labour has taken the right decisions to promote prosperity. And it has put policies in place to offer everyone the chance to harness their talents, not just the few. Labour’s New Deal programmes have helped more than 1.8 million people back to work. And our investment in programmes such as Train to Gain, which pays for people to get training at work, has helped hundreds of thousands not just to get a job, but to get a qualification and get on.

We will only be able to compete globally if we harness the talents of everyone in our society, without discrimination. We will need to offer greater opportunities for our workforce to get the right skills and training throughout their careers.

Further information about Labour Party policy is available here.

For information from a Christian perspective please visit the Christian Socialist Movement