THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Britain's most senior Catholic leader has warned David Cameron not to use the Big Society as "a cloak for masking cuts".The Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, criticised the Prime Minister's flagship policy as lacking "teeth". The archbishop has been one of the most prominent supporters of the Big Society, but he told The Sunday Telegraph that he feared communities hit by the economic downturn would suffer if they did not get support.
The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales said Catholics were afraid the Coalition was "washing its hands" of its responsibilities to communities and expecting volunteers to fill the gap.
"It is all very well to deliver speeches about the need for greater voluntary activity, but there needs to be some practical solutions," he said.
"At the moment the Big Society is lacking a cutting edge. It has no teeth." » | Jonathan Wynne-Jones | Saturday, 26. April, 2011
