Our society really is big. And it suffers from no lack of definition. It’s a big society. It’s a broken society. It’s a big and broken society. The big society needs to save our broken society. There is such a thing as society, but it’s not the same as the state. And once, there was

David Cameron's big idea is to mend Britain's "broken society", tackling the root causes of poverty and deprivation rather than throwing more money at them. His aides admit privately he will need to explain his mission a million times before the public will hear his message - let alone be convinced by it - but that won't deter him.

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David Aaronovitch points out the flaw in the narrative of a 'broken society' that the Tory frontbench have been talking about. If we look at societies that really are in crisis - such as Somalia - then we can see the massive difference between that and the current situation in Britain. It's odd that I quote from Boris Johnson but, in this case, he is right to say that talk of a broken society is "...

Education, welfare, poverty and the "broken society" will take centre stage at the Conservative conference in Birmingham today.

The focus on the broken society is absolutely right. And the clarification that David Cameron has made is absolutely right too. No one is saying all of society is broken, and no one is saying it is smashed beyond repair....

It may be a picture of an uncivil, rude, selfish society, but what it is not is a broken society. If this were America he would be absolutely crucified for not being patriotic about his own country. And yet, we're not only falling for it, but the left has nothing even coherent to say in response.

I have always been a little cynical of the phrase "broken society"; because much of society isn't broken and there are a great number of people who care for their families, their neighbours and act in a decent way. However clearly there are great challenges which need to be addressed in this area. I have said for a long time that we as a party need to "seal the deal" with voters and we could ...

This morning The Times wrote in a leader on Baby P: This newspaper has never shared David Cameron's view that Britain is a “broken society”. But we do believe that this country has broken communities. A good friend of mine...

George Osborne has stressed that fixing Britain's broken society is integral to building a strong economy.