Christians ask if Tories can do social justice
-05/09/06
Christians are to initiate a d
Christians ask if Tories can do social justice
-05/09/06
Christians are to initiate a debate at this yearís Labour party conference whether the Conservative party can ìdoî social justice.
Organised by the Christian Socialist Movement, the discussion will feature former Tory party leader Iain Duncan Smith, who helped to set up the Tory thinktank, the Centre for Social Justice.
The debate will also involve Bob Holman, who was once a professor of social policy, but left his job to work on the Easterhouse estate in Glasgow.
He has advocated a devolved policy-making agenda, which empowers the poorest to have a greater hand in framing public policy.
Duncan-Smith has previously expressed his admiration for Holman, and has spoken of how several visits to the Easterhouse estate changed his thinking.
The debate follows the increasing use of the term ësocial justiceí by Conservative politicians. It marks a significant change after some New Right thinkers in the 1970s and 1980s denied there could be any such thing.
The event is part of a programme of events being put on by the Christian Socialist Movement at this year’s Labour Party Conference.
They include a conference service, two prayer breakfasts, and a number of fringe meetings looking at forced labour, asylum and relationship between business and the world’s poor.
The debate will take place at 6.30pm on Monday 25 September, at Manchester Art Gallery
Christians ask if Tories can do social justice
-05/09/06
Christians are to initiate a debate at this yearís Labour party conference whether the Conservative party can ìdoî social justice.
Organised by the Christian Socialist Movement, the discussion will feature former Tory party leader Iain Duncan Smith, who helped to set up the Tory thinktank, the Centre for Social Justice.
The debate will also involve Bob Holman, who was once a professor of social policy, but left his job to work on the Easterhouse estate in Glasgow.
He has advocated a devolved policy-making agenda, which empowers the poorest to have a greater hand in framing public policy.
Duncan-Smith has previously expressed his admiration for Holman, and has spoken of how several visits to the Easterhouse estate changed his thinking.
The debate follows the increasing use of the term ësocial justiceí by Conservative politicians. It marks a significant change after some New Right thinkers in the 1970s and 1980s denied there could be any such thing.
The event is part of a programme of events being put on by the Christian Socialist Movement at this year’s Labour Party Conference.
They include a conference service, two prayer breakfasts, and a number of fringe meetings looking at forced labour, asylum and relationship between business and the world’s poor.
The debate will take place at 6.30pm on Monday 25 September, at Manchester Art Gallery