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  • 25 Aug 2011
    Greenbelt: Big society, big deal, big con?

    Ekklesia is co-sponsoring a discussion of the ins and outs of 'Big Society' claims at the Greenbelt Festival in Cheltenham, at 6.30pm on Friday 26 August 2011.

  • 24 Jun 2011
    'Big Society' agenda must be inclusive, say Humanists

    A parliamentary inquiry is calling on religious and non-religious groups to give evidence on the government’s 'Big Society' agenda.

  • 20 Jun 2011
    'Big Society' Bill: Freedom... or rationing?

    Newspapers have reported that the UK government is to publish a ‘Big Society’ bill, supposedly giving citizens more choice and control. In practice, this may involve offloading further responsibilities on to individuals, families and communities, forcing them to put in extra time and money or go without much-needed services.

  • 10 Jun 2011
    Daily Mail tries to launch a 'holy war'

    In a frankly inept example of a newspaper with a huge axe to grind engineering the story it then reports, the Daily Mail yesterday (9 June 2011) attempted to create a 'holy war' between the leaders of England's Anglican and Catholic communities over David Cameron's 'Big Society' - presumably with the aim of defending the latter.

  • 10 Jun 2011
    The C of E and the 'Big society'
  • 9 Jun 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.

  • 9 Jun 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.

  • 9 Jun 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'.

  • 23 Apr 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.

  • 19 Apr 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.