Call for £300m programme to spread prosperity

The Bevan Foundation today issued a call to the next Welsh Government to earmark and extra £300 million to spread prosperity and improve life chances. The radical programme includes:

• help to ensure people have the basics of life – food, shelter and warmth
• free childcare for all 3 and 4 year olds to enable their parents to work
• a new Moving into Work framework to dramatically improve support for people of all ages looking for a job
• a Youth Pledge to eradicate youth unemployment
• active introduction of the Living Wage
• support for progression and productivity growth in sectors such as caring, retailing and food / hospitality.

The programme aims to increase the proportion of people in households with incomes above 60% of the median to 80% by 2020.

The full proposal is available here.