Ten civil society chief executives including FDSD’s Halina Ward signed an open letter calling on Prime Minister David Cameron to go beyond his pledge for a ‘New Politics’ to adopt a ‘New Politics of the Future’.

The letter warns that short-termism is hampering progress on climate change, changing demographics, youth unemployment, and environmental and social injustice, and could even threaten democracy itself. The letter calls for measures to encourage MPs to consider the needs of future generations and an annual ‘State of the Future’ speech to be delivered by the PM.

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