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  • 13 Feb 2009
    Global economy hits poorest hardest, archbishop tells Synod

    Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu has told the General Synod of the Church of England that the real significance of the world financial crisis and economic downturn is its impact on the poor and vulnerable.

  • 13 Feb 2009
    Church of England’s synod may back asylum seeker's right to work

    Following its vote on Tuesday to ban its clergy and workers from membership of the BNP, the Church of England’s General Synod may call for the right to work for asylum seekers in the UK.

  • 11 Feb 2009
    Investors urged to follow Church of England on Caterpillar

    The decision by the Church of England to disinvest from Caterpillar has been welcomed by the charity War on Want. Institutional investors are now being urged to follow the Church's lead.

  • 11 Feb 2009
    Church-backed microfinance agency bucks global economic downturn

    A church-backed microfinance institution has increased its field investments by one third, reaching out to poor people often excluded by the commercial banking sector in spite of the global economic downturn.

  • 10 Feb 2009
    C of E divests from Caterpillar as pressure grows over mining shares

    The Church of England announced yesterday it had withdrawn its investments in a controversial company as theologians and priests intended to publish a letter denouncing the Church's investment.

  • 8 Feb 2009
    We need a different way of doing politics

    Following Obama's advent, there has been debate about whether Britain might one day get a black Prime Minister, says Jonathan Bartley. A better question is whether we will ever be able to make our political system truly representative

  • 8 Feb 2009
    No votes for thousands of Iraqi Kurds

    Even though the physical voting process at the Iraqi electoral sites seemed fair, the IHEC's implementation of its internal registration rules, led to a flawed outcome disfavouring the Kurds, says Peggy Gish.

  • 5 Feb 2009
    Churches unite to keep out BNP in by-election

    A by-election which takes place today has seen church leaders unite to keep out a BNP candidate. Church leaders have issued a joint statement telling people not to vote for the extremist party in the council poll which takes place in Hyde Newton in Tameside

  • 5 Feb 2009
    The Markopolos case

    The global fiscal crisis is exposing the dark underbelly of evasion, greed and corruption in the corporate sector.

  • 5 Feb 2009
    Aid agencies support British campaign on corporate tax avoidance

    Two major UK-based international development agencies have welcomed a British newspaper's campaign on corporate tax avoidance, which they point out is unjust and hits the world's poor badly.