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UK News Briefing

19 May 2013

Quakers discuss faith, trust and service at Yearly Meeting

Around 1000 Quakers will be in London this week(24 to 27 May) for their Yearly Meeting to discern the way forward for Quakers in Britain.
18 May 2013

Home-working on the increase despite the recession, says TUC

The number of people working from home has increased by 13 per cent in the last five years, according to analysis of figures marking National Work From Home Day.
17 May 2013

Charity calls for more homes

Shelter has renewed its call for more homes, as Government figures show the number of new homes built has fallen by eight per cent in three months.
15 May 2013

British firm moves to end supply of execution drugs to US

A UK pharmaceutical firm has announced that it is "putting in place concrete steps" to stop the use of its drugs in executions.
15 May 2013

Failure to carry out repairs puts renters' health at risk, says Shelter

New research from Shelter shows 10 per cent of renters say their health has been affected by landlords' failure to carry out repairs or deal with poor conditions.

World News Briefing

18 May 2013

Guatemala’s former dictator convicted of genocide

A former general who presided over a reign of terror in Guatemala during the 1980s has been convicted of genocide.
17 May 2013

Imminent executions in Indonesia must be stopped, says Amnesty

The authorities in Indonesia must immediately halt the execution of three men, expected imminently, Amnesty International said yesterday (16 May).
16 May 2013

How tax dodging feeds world hunger

World hunger could soon be ended if revenues lost to developing countries through tax dodging were available for investment in agricultural development, says...
16 May 2013

Conference to explore situation of Christians living in the Middle East

Power, social injustice, the threat of extremism and Christian-Muslim relations are among the themes of a forthcoming conference on Christians in the Middle East.
15 May 2013

Churches from Lutheran and Reformed traditions unite

Two member churches of the World Council of Churches from Reformed and Lutheran traditions have united to become the United Protestant Church of France.

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Research Papers

20 Mar 2013

Consultation on the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill
01 Mar 2013

Truth and lies about poverty, benefits and welfare
03 Feb 2013

Hunger can be ended: but how and by whom?
17 Jan 2013

Briefing on Employment and Support Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 2012
12 Jan 2013

Land Reform in Scotland: submission to LRRG
15 Dec 2012

Change and challenge across the Middle East and North Africa Region

Culture & Review

17 Mar 2013

Media, faith and state post-Leveson
11 Mar 2013

The Monarch of Wit: a celebration of the life and mind of John Donne
6 Mar 2013

Ariarajah proposes theological renewal in the face of religious plurality
15 Feb 2013

CTBI's resources for Lent 2013
21 Jan 2013

Review: Dazzling Darkness - Gender, sexuality, illness and God
19 Jan 2013

WPCU: seeking unity through diversity and justice

Recent blog posts

17 May 2013

Austerity damages public health as well as the economy

13 May 2013

We need to recognise our common humanity as the welfare changes hit

10 May 2013

Official rebuke to Iain Duncan Smith over statistics misuse

8 May 2013

BAE bosses try to hide from scrutiny - and fail

7 May 2013

The BBC: Promoting UKIP and ignoring NHS privatisation

Press Releases

17 Jan 2013

Latest Work Capability Assessment proposals will worsen plight of sick and disabled people

Comments

06 Mar 13

Labour's shift on immigration

01 Mar 13

Stigmatising poor people

Features

03 Apr 2013

Can Syria's disintegration be prevented?

It is not long ago that we marked the two-year anniversary of the Syrian uprisings. What started in Dara’a (in southern Syria alongside the Jordanian border) and later country-wide as a series of peaceful and reform-oriented demonstrations was met with uncompromising firepower. Regional analyst Dr Harry Hagopian assesses what has been happening and where the balance of forces now lies in a damaging, dangerous and heartbreaking conflict.
28 Mar 2013

Obama was in Israel...and also in Palestine and Jordan

Hope solely in an America-tailored and enforced settlement between Israelis and Palestinians today is nothing more than a chimera, says regional expert and Ekklesia associate Dr Harry Hagopian, in the wake of the US President's regional visit. Moreover, the two peoples will only manage to draw nearer to a peaceful resolution of the conflict if Israel acknowledges that it is occupying and colonising another people on their land and desist from applying those oppressive measures that are apartheid-like.