Faisal Islam
Is the tycoon tax threatening the big society?
Why tax changes proposed in the budget could undo the good work of Big Society Capital – the body launched to fund social investment.
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Jon Snow
Are you about to become a member of the Big Society?
I suspect I may be a candidate for membership of the ‘Big Society’. But what does that actually mean?
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Is the Big Society a small idea?
Krishnan Guru-Murthy asks whether David Cameron’s Big Society is really a Big Idea – and why we still don’t get it.
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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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‘Far right militias not big part of US society’ – Chris Buskirk, American Greatness
We were joined by Chris Buskirk, Editor of conservative news website American Greatness and a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times.
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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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David Cameron: Big Society ‘invented by Jesus’
David Cameron’s Easter message means he has spoken more about his Christian faith this week than any recent serving prime minister. Why?
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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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Benefits of big society bank outweighed by tax proposals
The government’s big society bank launched today. But its chairman has told Channel 4 News that all the good it might do could be outweighed by budget proposals to cap tax relief for philanthropists.
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New year’s honours: big society ‘in action’
Helena Bonham Carter is among those given the official seal of approval, but as Cameron applauds recipients making a difference, he faces criticism over awarding a former criminal and a party donor.
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Faisal Islam
Big Society or Bijou Society? Francis Maude’s muddle over a “Good” idea for Business
The Big Society will need the backing of big businesses and “corporate giving”, but as yet there are no signs of Victorian style philanthropists, writes Faisal Islam.
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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 ‘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.
