Article 3K57P Jeremy Corbyn puts new focus on inequality but the old challenges loom

Jeremy Corbyn puts new focus on inequality but the old challenges loom

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Lucy Lamble
from Environment | The Guardian on (#3K57P)

Labour's vision to reshape the world order will require political will to end tax evasion and create a fairer global economy

In the foreword to Labour's new policy paper, Jeremy Corbyn characterises the party's vision for development as "a progressive, outward-looking, global view, driven by social justice and human rights". So far, so expected.

For those who remember the Blair-Brown era of Make Poverty History, the most exciting shift is the plan to tackle rising inequalities alongside the more familiar focus on reducing poverty, treating inequality and poverty as two sides of the same coin.

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