Removing Secure Tenancies 'Undermines Big Society'

The government is undermining the big society through its policies including the removal of secure tenancies, according to journalist Rod Liddle, associate editor of the current affairs magazine the Spectator. He told the Chartered Institute of Housing’s south east conference in Brighton that the government’s policies are preventing the big society, which seeks to empower communities, from happening. He said the governments’ political reflexes are opposed to the concept. He said: ‘Every law this government enacts is designed to undermine the notion of a big society. ‘To have a big society where people have a stake in their community and take part in agreeable voluntary action, you need to have a sense of community in the first place.’ Read more on Inside Housing.