Growth at all costs is not a sustainable policy | Letters
Plus letters from Sheila Triggs and Stephen Smith A key lesson for the UK from the US midterm elections is that a different approach to managing the economy is essential if Labour hopes to retain power in two years’ time.
Key points
- Voters in the UK will judge Andy Burnham’s government just as harshly as American voters have judged Donald Trump if they too feel the economy is not working for them.
- The key task should be to ensure that essential services improve the wellbeing of individuals and local communities, writes Peter Riddle.
The pain of rising costs is compounded by a collapse in the quality and reliability of many vital public services and a sense that many people feel that their community life has become more fractious, fragile and unsafe.
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