By suzannei on March 29, 2010
At the Equality, Prosperity & Growth event held on the 4th March (see www.quaker.org.uk/prosperity) the audience were urged to use the opportunity of the forthcoming General Election to raise the issue of the damaging nature that high levels of inequality have on societies. One suggestion was that we as individuals can sign up to the ‘Equality Pledge’ and to ask parliamentary candidates whether they were willing to do the same, thereby committing themselves to reducing inequality.
The pledge can be found at on the equality trust website and reads:
”Compelling new evidence presented by The Equality Trust shows that more equal societies – those with a narrower gap between rich and poor – are more cohesive, healthier, suffer fewer social problems and are more environmentally sustainable. In view of these findings I am committed to making the UK a more equal society as the most effective means of building a better society. I will therefore actively support the case for policies designed to narrow the gap between rich and poor; and engage with the debate on which measures should be implemented to achieve that aim.”
It only takes a few minutes to sign up at: www.equalitytrust.org.uk.