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Wellbeing should replace growth as 'main aim of UK spending'

24 May 2019

The paper, from the all-party parliamentary group on wellbeing economics, written by O'Donnell and other leading MPs and peers, calls on the government to use the spending review to boost its funding for mental health services, teaching in schools and social care by an extra £10bn within five years to raise the wellbeing of citizens.

A SPENDING REVIEW TO INCREASE WELLBEING An open letter to the Chancellor. Report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Wellbeing Economics, May 24, 2019.

Happiness, Lessons from a New Science (Second Edition), Richard Layard, Imprint: Penguin. Published: 07/04/2011. ISBN: 9780241952795

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