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  • 10 Feb 2011
    Reality check for the Big Society

    This has not been a good week for the Big Society: As the impact of cuts are starting to bite on local communities, charity and council leaders are increasingly calling into question whether the Government’s ‘Big Society’ vision will survive.

  • 10 Feb 2011
    The 'Big Society' bubble is bursting

    David Cameron's 'Big Society' idea is taking a huge battering as public spending cuts bite and the substance behind the rhetoric shows, says Simon Barrow. Equally, the 'shrinking government' agenda becomes ever clearer.

  • 9 Dec 2010
    Students say Cameron is 'playing fast and loose' with facts on fees

    Students planning a last minute London rally today, say Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy PM Nick Clegg are "playing fast and loose with the facts" on fees.

  • 11 Nov 2010
    Churches challenge government over poverty and welfare

    Churches and church organisations have told the government that its welfare proposals fail to understand the plight of the poor.

  • 7 Sep 2010
    'Hang on a minute!', churches tell PM and deputy PM

    Three major Free Churches have launched a video campaign to find out what people would say if they had one minute to speak with David Cameron and Nick Clegg.

  • 26 Aug 2010
    Christian Aid supporters want Cameron to keep green pledge

    Christian Aid is encouraging supporters to write to UK PM David Cameron, reminding him of his pledge that his government will be the greenest ever.

  • 16 Aug 2010
    We are not 'all in this together'

    “Money pads the edges of things”. EM Forster puts these words in the mouth of the wealthy Margaret Schlegel in Howards End.

  • 11 Aug 2010
    Falling short on the milk of political kindness

    The Prime Minister's rapid response to the furore over his proposal to scrap free milk for children under five is revealing, says Jill Segger. But what it shows is political self-regard rather than high principle.

  • 5 Aug 2010
    A 'great success' ? Examining government claims

    The ruling UK coalition’s policies are proving highly controversial, says Savi Hensman, and many fear that great damage will be done, especially to the most vulnerable. The Prime Minister's silken words require careful political and theological attention.

  • 29 Jul 2010
    China on their minds

    This week I can almost smell the fear of China wafting from the corridors of Whitehall.