Labour's Barry Gardiner argues the Chancellor is right to raise the issue of inter-generational justice, but badly wrong to ignore the impact climate change and resource scarcity will have on our children
Perhaps the one thing the Chancellor was right about in his budget speech was that it is irresponsible to "leave the burden of debts to our children and grandchildren". It is a basic principle of fairness:...
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