The issue of inequality is a pressing issue in the UK in this post Brexit environment of social and economic angst that we must come through as a country. We have a divide among the generations on issues such as pensions, housing, and cost of living. The triple lock pension for pensioners is as issue that will not go away in the inter-generational debate. Benefiting from rising incomes against inflation pressures that increase each year, which conversely affect the young, the most who are faced with the prospect of a disproportionate rise in their cost of living.
How can this be ameliorated, or perhaps begin to be bridge that economic gap between the generations. lack of and affordability of Housing has pushed many young people into generation Rent. These are building blocks of a potential labour majority. To counter this, we as conservatives need a credible alternative that can counter this. A national House building programme funded by the completed redirection of foreign aid which this Year stands at £13 billion to a new Government department ‘Ministry of Housing’ Once the we have left the EU a have finalised our terms of exit in 2022 our Budget contribution at the level of £8 billion could be added to this portion of government spending. This could be tied to percentage of GDP growth states and to rise against inflationary pressures.
Secondly Brexit must work for all generations to ensure that the Conservative party can remain a electorally competitive among all sections of Modern British society. The smoothest way possible is to Re-enter the EFTA to then enable us to re-enter the EEA. Once we have left the EU in 2019.The majority of EFTA states are EEA members except for Switzerland that has not Ratified its agreement yet. The economy has to keep on growing for the provision of high quality and effective public services to be well and adequately funded and for greater social and economic opportunity to be spread throughout the country to enable inequality reduce, by doing so this helps to counter Corbyn’s Message of a Britain faced with an dystopian economic future ahead of it . The party needs a positive message for young people, one of Hope and optimism for their social and economic futures.
The Reformist 