Methodists warn against ‘Big Society’
The 'big society' could fuel poverty and division
Britain’s Methodists have warned that David Cameron’s ‘Big Society’ initiative could end up fuelling poverty and division. The coalition’s economic policies came under repeated attack during the annual Methodist Conference, held in Southport last week. ‘Not everyone will be able to join in the Big Society and benefit from its opportunities to the same degree,’ said Rachel Lampard, public issues policy advisor for the Methodist Church, ‘The Big Society could reinforce the fault lines in an already fractured Britain’.
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