by dev_wbqbin | Oct 28, 2021 | Community, Family, NSCU Blog
This afternoon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer set out his plans to invest in ‘common goods’. This intriguing phrase sums up the proper pursuit of government: a commitment to support the private associations that make us safe, happy and free. The principal...
by NSCU | Sep 22, 2021 | Community, Family, NSCU Blog
Yesterday’s ‘Opposition Day’ debate in Parliament on ‘Working People’s Finances’ saw members from across the house consider how best to relieve financial pressure on households as we see the costs of living rise. Naturally, many MPs raised benefits and subsidies as...
by NSCU | Jul 26, 2021 | Family, Press
Our advisory board member, Mary Harrington, wrote a guest blog for Mumsnet. “you can’t win as a mother. If you’re not being judged for staying with your baby, you’re being judged for not leaning in.” Read it here.
by MaryHarrington | Mar 26, 2021 | Family, Guest Blog
My grandmother was in many ways an unconventional woman, but having been at different times a doctor, a farmer, and a single mother, she was never less than pragmatic. On one of my regular visits to her care home, in my mid-twenties, she said to me out of the blue:...
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 | Family, Press
The word ‘economy’ comes from the Greek ‘oikos’ meaning, household. But currently, too often policy makes the home as uncomfortable, expensive, and pointless as possible. Ultimately, our systems of tax, benefits and subsidies are a result of political choices which...
