There is a theme shining through this blog series - Wellbeing and happiness policy making
I often admit that happiness sounds too ‘wishy washy’ for some serious policy makers - David Cameron suffered the usual jokes when he talked about the happiness index.
But as this blog from our friends at the State of Life shows, it is not just a few people talking about this in the abstract. It is a real tangible HMT Treasury Green Book Thing!
We are urging all policy makers and those involved in drawing up the battle lines for the next election to take this seriously. We live in a poor and pretty miserable country if we believe the happiness indexes. So let’s stop pretending it is all about GDP, GVA and productivity and put wellbeing of our people at the heart.