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21 May 2012 | Robert Ashton

Community isn't led by government, so why wait for it to tell you what to do, protests Robert Ashton.

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How to resolve your pensions problem

How do you solve a problem like a pension deficit? David McHattie tackles the issue.

Pursue pension change together

David Davison mounts his soapbox to call for pensions reform.

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It’s two years since Britain voted in the previously unlikely coalition of the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. Celina Ribeiro tracks the main developments of the coalition’s first half of government.

Moses delivering the Ten Commandments

What's the difference between fundamentalist Christians and social entrepreneurs? Not a lot, sometimes, says Robert Ashton.

As Tories gleefully dismantle the state and public services withdraw, what's left to fill the gap? Those well-off, well-meaning people who have the spare time and energy to run a social enterprise, a school, a library and their nearest roundabout do not live in the areas that are most in need of intervention and services.

» Sweeping change: riots and the Big Society

Judith Rowland is taking the Global Poverty Challenge

What is it like to live on just £1 per day? Judith Rowland is finding out as she participates in the 'Living below the Line' project.

Dodgy politics

Government incompetence over the tax relief cap gets Ian Allsop very hot under the collar.

Raspbery Pi - the future of computing

John Tate introduces the new big thing in the world of computing.

Flexible working: the new normal

Emma Clark urges charities to seize the initiative and make flexible working the way of the future.

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