“People have to be the priority” – Readers comment on latest statement made by Labour leadership contender Sir Keir Starmer
Labour leadership contender Sir Keir Starmer has said promoting "national wellbeing" should be just as high a priority as delivering economic growth.
He has pledged to develop a set of "wellbeing indictators" for the next Labour government, if he is chosen as the party's leader.
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Hide AdWe asked in out Facebook poll: “Do you think quality of life and economic growth should be treated as equally important?”
More than 200 readers took part in the online vote, and 79% said ‘yes’ quality of life and economic growth should be treated as equally important.
Here is what readers had to say:
Josh Heslop said: “It’s all nice to talk about, but give it a year and whatever makes the other guys look bad will be the focus again.”
John Talbot said: “Great headline. But the issue is who defines what national well-being means. The devil will be in the detail.”
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Hide AdGraeme Collinson said: “The damage Corbyn and Abbott have done to the Labour Party mean it's going to be a long long time before anyone starts to take them seriously again.”
Thomas Patrick Joseph Cook said: “What’s the point in a market economy if it doesn’t serve to make people’s lives better?
“People have to be the priority: the ‘end’ if you like, with the economy serving as the ‘means’ to it.”