Freedom from Poverty, Opportunity for All

6.00.00pm UTC (GMT +0000) Tue 18th Sep 2007

Conference this afternoon endorsed the Poverty and Inequality Policy Paper - Freedom from Poverty, Opportunity for All.

Conference agreed that poverty and lack of opportunity restrict freedom. And that creating a fair society, in which everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential, free from the barriers imposed by poverty and inequality, is a core Liberal Democrat principle.

Conference believes that their priorities in tackling poverty and inequality should be:

I. Removing up to 5 million people from relative poverty by 2020 - including signing up to the 2020 targets of ending child poverty.

II. Reducing means-testing for over 5 million people by 2020.

III. Supporting 2 million more people into employment by 2020.

IV. Delivering a million more affordable homes by 2020.

V. Targeting resources to improve education for up to 1.5 million disadvantaged children.