Big Society, Broken society?

Amid the controversy of charities and cuts, a neglected part of this week’s ‘Big Society’ re-launch is the reappearance of the idea of the ‘broken society’, writes Matt Cavanagh.

It’s time pay inequality became a priority

Darren Johnson, a Green Party member of the London Assembly, asks: Should we give equal priority to income inequality and tackle the pay of people at the top, in the belief that reducing the income gap will lead to economic, social and environmental justice? And can we find we right policies to achieve this?

A blueprint for real banking sector reform

After the failure of Project Merlin to introduce any real and significant reform of the banking sector, the call for the government to break up the banks is growing louder.