PM hopeful Keir Starmer says we can “learn a lot” from the success of social enterprises – and promises next Labour government “will work in partnership” with the movement.
With less than a month to go before the UK election, the opening salvo for socially minded voters has been fired. The Labour Party has included support for social ventures in the first pre-election manifesto to be revealed.
Cameron may have once described it as his "greatest passion" but mentions of the Big Society are likely to be few and far between in his election campaign. Rodney Schwartz reflects on the initiative – the good, the bad and the controversial.
Margaret Thatcher merged with Che Guevara and a Boris Johnson-Karl Marx mix up will confront politicians returning to Westminster following the summer break as part of the Social Economy's manifesto launch.
