Daily Archives: Thursday, December 15, 2011

A big society minister would need a huge amount of power and influence within government

One of the main recommendations in yesterday’s Public Administration Select Committee report on the big society was that the government should appoint a big society minister. The new appointee, the report says, would have “a cross-cutting brief to help other ministers to drive through this agenda”. Judging by the initial reactions, the voluntary sector is… Read more »