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HARDtalk: Sir Stuart Etherington, Chief Executive of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations

15/12/2010

Sir Stuart Etherington, Chief Executive of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations

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Stephen Sackur asks Sir Stuart Etherington if self-help can transform austerity Britain.

David Cameron wants to build a 'big society' of empowered citizens. Stephen Sackur asks Sir Stuart Etherington if self-help really can transform austerity Britain.

David Cameron wants to shrink the state and build a 'big society' of empowered citizens. He calls it his great passion and at the heart of it all he wants to see an expanded role for voluntary groups, charities and workers' cooperatives. Sir Stuart Etherington is the Chief Executive of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations. Stephen Sackur asks him if self-help really can transform austerity Britain.

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