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  • 31 Oct 2006
    Community and Family

    Ekklesia’s proposals for the abolition of legal marriage, to be replaced with civil partnerships, were widely reported in the press and media.

  • 11 Feb 2012
    Hazards of the current NHS reform

    Organisations of health professionals have been lining up to denounce the Health and Social Care Bill. In view of the potential hazards to patients arising from reforms to the National Health Service in England, it is not hard to understand why.

  • 9 Feb 2012
    Israel asked to cancel plan to forcibly displace Bedouin communities

    Amnesty has called on Israel to cancel military plans to forcibly displace around 2,300 Bedouin residents of the West Bank onto an area by a garbage dump.

  • 8 Feb 2012
    Welfare politics and changing the power landscape

    The coalition can force its welfare changes through using procedural measures, minor concessions and ‘financial privilege’ to do so. But the long-term political fall-out from all of this could be immense, says Simon Barrow. The warfare over welfare has shown just how powerful citizens’ action and web-based crowd sourcing can be.

  • 7 Feb 2012
    Charles Dickens: a writer for our Hard Times

    “Even the burial of his body in the Abbey was a species of theft when you come to think of it”. George Orwell's words came into my mind as I watched the ceremonies surrounding today's 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens.

  • 6 Feb 2012
    Workless families and welfare cuts

    “Britain’s social housing estates, once stepping stones of opportunity, are now ghettos for our poorest people,” Iain Duncan Smith, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, declared in 2009.

  • 6 Feb 2012
    Faith school discussion to take place at Church of England General Synod

    The Accord Coalition for inclusive education will these week break new ground in the faith schools debate when it attends the Church of England’s General Synod.

  • 5 Feb 2012
    Welfare reform: capping truth, benefiting from spin

    "The problem with the truth is that it’s complicated. Lies are simple, they can be altered to fit any audience, they can be sensational without any boring honest bits to dilute the story. Honesty doesn’t make headlines. That’s the problem with the Welfare Reform Bill..."

  • 4 Feb 2012
    Kirk digs deep to help homeless charity cut by Scottish Government

    Church of Scotland parishes have been asked to raise £100 each to help a charity for homeless Scots in London, following the loss of Scottish Government backing.

  • 4 Feb 2012
    Church of England urged to embrace civil partnerships

    The time has come for a C of E change in stance on civil partnerships, says the LGB&T Anglican Coalition in its submission to the House of Bishops.