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17 May 2012
All power to the civil servants?

Personality politics, half-baked solutions and populist pretensions by tired political fixers are being used to disguise real, significant problems with local government, says Graeme Smith. He hopes that the shallow rhetoric of ‘people know best’ can suffer a similar fate to that of elected mayors, in favour of renewed democracy and a decent appreciation of expert knowledge in its proper place.

16 May 2012
Lifting up our eyes to the hills
16 May 2012
Quakers call for end of indefinite immigration detention

The Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network has issued a atatement calling for the ending of indefinite immigration detention.

16 May 2012
Churches urge NATO to withdraw nuclear weapons from Europe

The World Council of Churches is urging the NATO summit in Chicago to “lead by example” and withdraw nuclear weapons still deployed in Europe.

16 May 2012
Corporate greed threatens survival of world's poor say Catholic bishops

Seventeen Catholic Bishops are calling on the European Union to tackle corporate secrecy and tax dodging which deprive the world’s poorest countries of more than £100bn a year.

16 May 2012
MoD announces spending of £5bn at Atomic Weapons Establishment

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced spending of £5 billion at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) at Aldermaston and Burghfield in Berkshire.

15 May 2012
Caroline Lucas is stepping down as Green Party leader

Caroline Lucas, leader of the Green Party in England and Wales, says she will not seek re-election in order to "broaden opportunities for others" in her party.

15 May 2012
Indians rejoice at Brazilian court ruling

The Pataxó Hã-Hã-Hãe Indians of Brazil are celebrating a Supreme Court decision to allow them to live undisturbed on their land.

14 May 2012
Church leaders defend Philippines in dispute with China

Philippine church leaders have joined efforts aimed at defending their country's territorial integrity and sovereignty, under pressure from China.

14 May 2012
Palestine: an idea or a reality?

In the midst of significant, but not necessarily tectonic, changes across the entire Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, what has happened to Palestine, a virtual state clothed with a real idea, which had been at the forefront of the political imagination of the Arab masses for long decades? Dr Harry Hagopian examines long standing questions and recent developments with an eye to addressing 'the elephant in the room' of MENA politics.