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Podcast: The Bunker – News without the nonsense
Episode: Help yourselves: What can we learn from Cameron’s ‘big society’ failure?
Description: David Cameron pushed his “big society” plan during his time as prime minister – but it didn’t work very well. Was it always doomed to fail? Seth Thevoz speaks to Peter John, head of the School of Politics and Economics at King’s College London, about the history and legacy of this policy position – as well as the lessons we can learn from it.
“The big society didn’t seem to stack up with wider policy changes.”
“The critics were out really from the start.”
“It proved to be embarrassing, and became a target of satire. It was easily targeted and ridicul...