There is a quiet revolution going on in England’s schools. They have discovered that implementing controversial Labour...
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Tom Levitt Articles
Still afloat
Gloating over the alleged demise of the ‘big society’ – whether policy, philosophy or project – is pointless. It takes...
Medalling in Lords reform
It’s not just ‘big society’ advocates that are bigging up volunteering: the whole Olympic experience has put what we...
The hollow ‘big society’
Then the clock starts ticking. You must identify which bits of the service you are talking about: something small...
Charities clear the decks
In communities all round the country council staff working with those already providing local services on a voluntary...
‘Reasonable’ cuts?
One outcome of the comprehensive spending review is that local authority services will never be the same again. A 25...
Big society or good society?
Tessa Jowell and Stephen Twigg argued convincingly that there was little new in the good bits of the Tory flagship...
The unreliable big society
Philanthropy is, by its nature, unreliable. Philanthropists love humanity (that's the meaning of the word) but they...
Giving is good for the soul
There is an irony about the government launching a debate on charitable giving at the same time as cutting billions of...
Charity decommissioned
Back in 2006 the Labour government introduced the charities act, a piece of legislation which was far from...
From ‘big society’ to chaos
At last we now see a link between the concept that defines this government's approach to social policy and Mrs...
From sow’s ear to silk purse
The current concept of ‘big society', like any idea formed on the back of a fag packet at the eleventh hour,...