Gary Gibbon
Broken Britain back to sell Big Society
The Prime Minister brings back a term he used in opposition – Broken Britain – to try and justify his Big Society plan, writes Gary Gibbon.
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Big Society beards: facial fuzz returns to the cabinet
With Stephen Crabb in the cabinet, beards return to the Tory frontbench for the first time since 1905. If this starts a new trend, Conservative MPs can look to their “fur-fathers” for inspiration…
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Archbishop brands Big Society concept ‘aspirational waffle’
The Archbishop of Canterbury attacks the Big Society concept as “aspirational waffle” designed to conceal a “deeply damaging withdrawal of the state from its responsibilities” to the vulnerable.
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Thousands of charities face funding cuts
Thousands of charities and voluntary groups across England are facing cuts worth more than £100m, according to new figures, casting doubt on David Cameron’s vision for a Big Society.
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Gary Gibbon
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Big Society ‘hit by spending cuts for charities’
One of the founders of the Big Society concept tells Channel 4 News that its image is being damaged by public spending cuts.
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So what does the Big Society mean to you?
Critics have said the Big Society is a vague term voters won’t understand. So Krishnan Guru-Murthy asked people to tweet in what the Big Society meant to them. We list just some of the tweets here.
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Jon Snow
How the Big Society finds itself in the cuts front line
Jon Snow blogs on how and why the cuts are hitting the voluntary sector the hardest.
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Gary Gibbon
Is the Big Society message reaching the public?
Is the Big Society message getting across to the British public, asks Gary Gibbon.
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Cuts ‘destroying’ Big Society volunteer army
Government spending cuts are undermining the Big Society strategy and risk “destroying the volunteer army” needed to make it work, the head of Britain’s largest volunteering charity warns.
