Future generations bill sounds 'namby pamby' but it's start, says Lord Bird
Politicians are often accused of not being able to look beyond the next day's headlines or, perhaps, the next election.
John Bird is aiming to change that.
As the founder of the Big Issue, he has helped thousands of homeless people turn their lives around.
But - to his frustration - he has not been able to do very much about the underlying causes of homelessness. That's because, he says, like other social problems, it is always treated as an emergency.
"About 80% of the money that goes into social crises around the world goes into emergencies. Very little gets invested in prevention, and very little goes into the cure."
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