big society

June 9, 2011

Rowan Williams is right, says Conservative MP

The Archbishop of Canterbury is right that not much from the key policies being implemented by the government was put before the voters, says Mark Field MP.
June 9, 2011

Archbishop of Canterbury strongly criticises government policies

Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has criticised the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government's policies on a wide range of issues.
June 9, 2011

Government 'reforms' are starting to hit the reality wall

The ‘Big Society’ is becoming a fresh political battleground over the summer, says Simon Barrow. Shrinking the state by galvanising more money and resources from private citizens through volunteering, delegating and contracting is central to the Prime Minister’s approach – both to running the country and to keeping his own party together. But the strategy is beset with disagreement, and a huge 'reality gap'.
April 23, 2011

Is the 'Big Society' open to refugees, asks archbishop

In his Holy Week message, the Anglican Archbishop of York has asked whether Britain's 'Big Society' is doing enough to help refugees.
April 19, 2011

Archbishop exposes 'toothless' Big Society, as spending cuts bite

'Big Society' rhetoric is toothless and may be used to wash ministerial hands of responsibility for the impact of cuts, the Archbishop of Westminster has said.
April 14, 2011

Public space and the Golden Rule

Public and private spaces impose differing obligations. That statement might seem so obvious as to be otiose. But many people seem to be unaware that the sharing of space necessitates the exercise of a restraint which manifests and nourishes the mutuality without which any concept of society - big or otherwise - is impoverished.
April 12, 2011

Poorest are losers in 'Big Society', Methodist leaders hear

Methodist Council has heard that while the Government speaks of a 'Big Society', the poorest in society are losing out most from public spending cuts.
March 18, 2011

Making space for each other, and for society

On Wednesday 16 March I clambered onto a bus heading for Deptford Bridge in South London. It was an articulated, crocodile bus that can barely see what its back end is doing, and it was rammed. In fact, it was so rammed that I couldn’t get my Oyster payment card to the unmanned scanner halfway down the bus.
February 25, 2011

Charity manager returns OBE and slams Big Society

The head of a London charity has returned her OBE in protest at heavy cuts to the services she runs for victims of domestic violence.
February 20, 2011

A 'Good Society' cannot let the Nimbys have their own way

How much power can Nimbys be permitted to exercise over the long term well-being of their communities? Jill Segger says that 'localism' and the 'Big Society are actually obstacles to the building of the 'Good Society'