Group wants funding for vulnerable of society

THE Government was urged yesterday to consider both raising taxes and going back to borrowing in a bid to help people who have benefited least from economic growth.

Ahead of negotiations which open tomorrow on a new national agreement on pay and social inclusion, the Community Platform (CP) suggested the Government must choose "to invest in a just and equal society".

CP is made up of 24 national organisations and represents hundreds of thousands of people. It will take part in the national negotiations along with the other interest groups which include trade unions, employers, farmers and the Government.