A Green New Deal UK campaign.
In 2020, the coronavirus pandemic turned the world upside down, exposing major weaknesses in our economy and the deep-seated inequalities in our society that mean the most vulnerable people have been hit the hardest. And all the while, the climate crisis continued to worsen, devastating communities across the world.
What we do next would change everything. As the world recovered, we had a chance to reset the clock and build back better than before. It was time for a new deal that protects public services, tackles inequality in our communities, provides secure well-paid jobs and creates a shockproof economy which can fight the climate crisis.
It was the time for a Green New Deal. And people were behind it. we’re not the only ones. Only 6% of the British public wanted the economy to return to the way it was before the pandemic. A huge 94% of the British public were ready for change.
That’s why, in June 2020, Green New Deal UK launched the Build Back Better campaign: the campaign for a coronavirus recovery plan that builds back better. Build Back Better is a collaborative campaign supported by many organisations across the social justice, trade union, climate justice, grassroots organising and public policy sectors.
Our demands
- Secure the health and needs of everyone in the UK now and into the future
- Protect and invest in our public services
- Rebuild society with a transformative Green New Deal
- Invest in people
- Build solidarity and community across borders
We saw through this crisis what can be achieved when we support each other, from doctors coming out of retirement to care for coronavirus patients, to people picking up prescriptions for their neighbours.
Now we need to channel that community spirit into rebuilding our society for the better, by urging the government to provide a new deal that puts people, not profits, first.
