Centre right needed new narrative to respond to recession and New Labour third way. Distance from neo-liberalism and free markets Distance from state/public sector – by associating this with New Labour profligacy and failure Philip Blond and Respublica – Red Tory – return to communitarianism (cf Blair in 1997/8) New narrative also able to incorporate Liberal Democrat concerns with localism and citizen rights.
But, Big Society Day may now be dropped!
Strategic Partners – all main infrastructure agencies – to be cut from 42 to 11 Funding cut from £12.2m to £4m in 2011 - £3m in 2012, £2m in 2013, then zero… Major redundancies in NCVO, NAVCA, VE, etc Consultation on support needed for sector – by-passing current infrastructure?