Tag Archives: Living in Britain

Five things the Government can do to renew Big Society

Posted on Thursday February 10th 2011 by Dom Llewellyn

As someone who was involved in writing what have now become the Coalition’s Big Society policies and who stood for the Conservatives at the 2010 General Election, I am – as expected – a Big Society fan. There are many … Continue reading →

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Big Society: A desire for control, a need for engagement

Posted on Thursday February 10th 2011 by Fiona Melville

On Monday, someone asked on Twitter for a definition of Big Society. Some of the positive answers: A good idea claiming to empower ‘little platoons’ and improve ‘social fabric’ (Burke) without explaining how The empowerment of citizens to take responsibility … Continue reading →

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Notes from a Big Society Romantic

Posted on Tuesday February 8th 2011 by Steve Moore

I want to start this post by declaring an interest. Indeed it is a special interest. I love the concept of the Big Society. Unequivocally love it. Striving to build better, stronger more vibrant communities is a supremely noble political … Continue reading →

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Knowing about the good as well as the bad

Posted on Tuesday February 1st 2011 by Fiona Melville

Building on the conversation I had with Sean in the comments this morning… Even though I STILL (after an hour of trying) can’t get to the information for my postcode, the new www.police.uk tool is fantastic. Though it needs better … Continue reading →

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Review of the Year Part 3: Top Five policies

Posted on Wednesday December 29th 2010 by Fiona Melville

Despite the fact that I would never describe myself as a policy analyst, expert or wonk (or indeed very interested in the details), I thought I’d explain why these are my top 5 policies implemented in 2010. They all move … Continue reading →

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