Education for children. The idea of childhood as a protected period in the life of a human being. Unionisation to provide job security and a living wage. Sanitation (drains, sewers, running water) and street-lighting paid for by taxing corporations. Slum-dwelling legislation. Affordable public transport for workers. Libraries for working people. Night school. Even city parks. Yes, parkland was the 19th-century way of saying – Oops, we did steal all the common land during Enclosure, but never mind, here is some grass and a fountain, etc (and often a few statues of ‘great’ men), all provided,
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