Meaning of big society | Babel Free

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A conservative-liberal policy advocating the strengthening of local government and communities.

UK, uncountable

Examples

“David Cameron today pledged to create⟳ communities with “oomph”, as he launched the Tory vision of a “big society” that would involve⟳ a dramatic redistribution of power from “the elite in Whitehall to the man and woman on the street”.”

“Blue Labour thinking, here, converges seamlessly with Cameron's “big society”.”

“Not only were charities facing “crippling spending cuts”, but the government had also lost its way without a clear narrative to deliver⟳ the big society, he said.”

“At first it sounded quite lovely, didn’t it? The notion of a “big society” – back in those heady days when David Cameron and Nick Clegg stood side by side in the Downing Street garden.”

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