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**Damien** · 13-02-2011, 13:43

There has been a lot of talk recently about the Big Society failing. There isn't any one news story about that, it's been a more gradual set of stories. It started with the head of a leading charity claiming that it's intentions were being undermined by government cuts; that even those charities who tapped the voluntary sector long before the Tories got elected were cutting back their work.

David Cameron has now said the Tories will save the idea with extra cash:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...g-society-good

What do you think of it and what has been done so far? I have always thought it a stupid idea and the closest Labour got too a good message in the last campaign is when they said it was nothing but a pretense to cut drastically and expect 'society' to take over the roles.

Nothing wrong with that in theory but most jobs need professionals, working full time, who need to be paid. People with disabilities, social care, all being cut back and it cannot be replaced by the charitable sector. It's true there are a lot of charities in that space but a lot of them simply tender their services to government who then sign contracts with them to provide the service.

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Damien Remoaner Cable Forum Mod Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 33,025	The Big Society. Failure? There has been a lot of talk recently about the Big Society failing. There isn't any one news story about that, it's been a more gradual set of stories. It started with the head of a leading charity claiming that it's intentions were being undermined by government cuts; that even those charities who tapped the voluntary sector long before the Tories got elected were cutting back their work. David Cameron has now said the Tories will save the idea with extra cash: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...g-society-good What do you think of it and what has been done so far? I have always thought it a stupid idea and the closest Labour got too a good message in the last campaign is when they said it was nothing but a pretense to cut drastically and expect 'society' to take over the roles. Nothing wrong with that in theory but most jobs need professionals, working full time, who need to be paid. People with disabilities, social care, all being cut back and it cannot be replaced by the charitable sector. It's true there are a lot of charities in that space but a lot of them simply tender their services to government who then sign contracts with them to provide the service.