Andy Burnham’s ultimate test will be whether people’s lives improve | Letters
Measures of wellbeing should carry real weight in decisions about tax, spending and public services, says Sarah DavidsonRe your editorial on Andy Burnham’s conference speech (29 September), the outcome that all governments should seek is a real…
Does avoiding misery make you happy?
It might seem like self-preservation, but the results aren’t necessarily what you’d expectIn Dr Seuss’s Green Eggs and Ham, the relentlessly upbeat Sam-I-Am spends the entire book badgering a grouchy, nameless narrator into tasting the eponymous dish. He…