Impact investing is back in favour among ministers desperate to use private investment to tackle the country's social crises – and the government is quick to frame the sector's achievements as its own.
The social enterprise gatherings at the UK Labour Party conference left Nick Temple underwhelmed. The impact economy must stop rehashing the same old arguments if it doesn’t want to remain on the fringes of the national debate.
At the UK Labour Party’s annual conference, social entrepreneurs and impact investors are relieved by positive noises from the new government – but a lack of concrete action is worrying many. Laura Joffre reports from Liverpool.
Organisations in the UK's social economy are subtly changing their tone as the country prepares to change government – and there's a good reason why they need to do this. This week's view from the Pioneers Post newsroom.
As the UK enters the final days of pre-election campaigning, has the role that social enterprise and social investment could play in the country’s future been completely ignored? We examine the key manifesto commitments.
Goldman Sachs’ social impact bond pays off in the US, providing children in the state of Utah with excellent quality preschool education, and the Sankalp Forum prepares to create an impact in Indonesia.
Opportunities arising from EU enthusiasm, the sharing economy and the new UK government's economic agenda are there for the taking if you're a social enterprise, says London-based academic Alex Murdock.
Rob Wilson has been reappointed Minister for Civil Society following the UK general election last week, but a quickfire response to one of his constituents on Twitter has led to over 5,000 people demanding his resignation.
