by NSCU | Jun 1, 2021 | Community, Press
Danny Kruger wrote in The Times today, “…in Milton Friedman’s words, “the business of business is business”: that the only proper measure of its success is “shareholder value”. Yet classical economists always recognised that businesses operate in a social...
by JonathanRutherford | Mar 26, 2021 | Community, Guest Blog
Since the 1980s politics has been dominated by a liberal consensus. The right controlled the economy, the left controlled the institutions of culture and learning. Wealth and opportunity were increasingly concentrated at the top and there was a diminishing sense of...
by NSCU | Mar 26, 2021 | Community, Family, Nation, Press
On the launch of the New Social Covenant Unit (21st March 2021) Danny Kruger wrote about how the job of government is to create the conditions for virtue, and how to achieve this. You can read the article on UnHerd here.
by NSCU | Mar 26, 2021 | Community, Policy announcement
We are delighted that the The Budget reflects our calls to boost community power and social infrastructure in the following announcements: Levelling Up Fund (£4.8 billion) “invest in infrastructure that improves everyday life across the UK, including town centre and...
by NSCU | Mar 26, 2021 | Community, Policy announcement
In June the Prime Minister asked Danny Kruger MP for proposals to sustain the community spirit we saw during the lockdown. Levelling up our communities: proposals for a new social covenant sets out a vision for a more local, more human, less bureaucratic, less...
by DannyKruger | Mar 9, 2021 | Community, Proposition
● Successive governments have reduced the power and competence of local councils ● We need more power for councils – but also for communities themselves ● The UK should lead the world in innovations in democracy and local governance In the...
