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| Theresa May vows to correct 'burning injustices' | Theresa May vows to correct 'burning injustices' |
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| Prime Minister Theresa May has promised to introduce wide-ranging social reforms to correct what she calls the "burning injustices" in modern society. | Prime Minister Theresa May has promised to introduce wide-ranging social reforms to correct what she calls the "burning injustices" in modern society. |
| Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, she said the UK had voted for Brexit to change the way the country works. | Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, she said the UK had voted for Brexit to change the way the country works. |
| Mrs May proposed a "shared society" where the government has a duty to intervene, including in markets not giving consumers the best deal. | Mrs May proposed a "shared society" where the government has a duty to intervene, including in markets not giving consumers the best deal. |
| Her comments come ahead of a speech on social reform on Monday. | Her comments come ahead of a speech on social reform on Monday. |
| 'Privileged few' | 'Privileged few' |
| In her address to the Charity Commission in London, Mrs May will unveil plans to tackle stigma around mental health conditions. | |
| "Work is being done, money is going in to the NHS," she told Sky News. | |
| But she added: "It's wrong to assume the only issue is about funding. The issue of mental health is more about the stigma." | But she added: "It's wrong to assume the only issue is about funding. The issue of mental health is more about the stigma." |
| On becoming prime minister last summer, Mrs May pledged to lead a "one-nation" government, working for all and not the "privileged few". | On becoming prime minister last summer, Mrs May pledged to lead a "one-nation" government, working for all and not the "privileged few". |
| In the Sunday Telegraph, Mrs May wrote that a "shared society" meant "a society that doesn't just value our individual rights but focuses rather more on the responsibilities we have to one another." | In the Sunday Telegraph, Mrs May wrote that a "shared society" meant "a society that doesn't just value our individual rights but focuses rather more on the responsibilities we have to one another." |
| 'Injustice and unfairness' | |
| She said there was "more to life" than individualism and self-interest. | She said there was "more to life" than individualism and self-interest. |
| "The social and cultural unions represented by families, communities, towns, cities, counties and nations are the things that define us and make us strong," she wrote. | "The social and cultural unions represented by families, communities, towns, cities, counties and nations are the things that define us and make us strong," she wrote. |
| Government's role is to "encourage and nurture these relationships and institutions where it can, and to correct the injustice and unfairness that divides us wherever it is found." | Government's role is to "encourage and nurture these relationships and institutions where it can, and to correct the injustice and unfairness that divides us wherever it is found." |
| This contrasts with her predecessor, David Cameron's "Big Society" agenda, which relied on voluntary organisations rather than state intervention. | This contrasts with her predecessor, David Cameron's "Big Society" agenda, which relied on voluntary organisations rather than state intervention. |
| Mrs May the government should begin "tackling the increasing lack of affordability in housing, fixing broken markets to help with the cost of living, and building a great meritocracy where every child has the opportunity of a good school place. | Mrs May the government should begin "tackling the increasing lack of affordability in housing, fixing broken markets to help with the cost of living, and building a great meritocracy where every child has the opportunity of a good school place. |
| "We will act across every layer of society to restore the fairness that is the bedrock of the social solidarity that makes our nation strong," she said. | "We will act across every layer of society to restore the fairness that is the bedrock of the social solidarity that makes our nation strong," she said. |
| 'Hollow words' | 'Hollow words' |
| On Monday, Mrs May will argue that previous administrations had focused too narrowly on the very poorest through the welfare system. | |
| She is expected to say that people just above the welfare threshold feel that the system is "stacked against them". | She is expected to say that people just above the welfare threshold feel that the system is "stacked against them". |
| Mrs May will say her vision of a "shared society" is aimed at tackling "both the obvious and everyday injustices" in an effort to "overcome division and bring our country together". | Mrs May will say her vision of a "shared society" is aimed at tackling "both the obvious and everyday injustices" in an effort to "overcome division and bring our country together". |
| But Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron said: "It is easy to stand up and recite hollow words but it is clear that this Conservative Brexit prime minister has absolutely no commitment to tackling social injustices and divisions - we only have to look at her record. | But Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron said: "It is easy to stand up and recite hollow words but it is clear that this Conservative Brexit prime minister has absolutely no commitment to tackling social injustices and divisions - we only have to look at her record. |
| "May has used every opportunity to dismiss the concerns of those who don't agree with her - don't forget she branded those who believe that we are all citizens of the world to be 'citizens of nowhere'. | "May has used every opportunity to dismiss the concerns of those who don't agree with her - don't forget she branded those who believe that we are all citizens of the world to be 'citizens of nowhere'. |
| "She has failed to put the money into our NHS that is needed, and leads a government happy to churn out nasty, divisive rhetoric and initiatives at any opportunity." | "She has failed to put the money into our NHS that is needed, and leads a government happy to churn out nasty, divisive rhetoric and initiatives at any opportunity." |