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4 Apr 2013

When National Insurance becomes a 'Jobs Tax'

Today I got an email from George Osborne. It wasn’t personal. I signed up for them on the basis that I like to keep my eye on what he’s doing; or more accurately, what he claims he’s doing.
3 Apr 2013

Arms Trade Treaty 'could legitimise arms sales', say campaigners

Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has described the arms trade treaty agreed at the United Nations yesterday (2 April) as ineffective.
3 Apr 2013

In praise of the Joint Public Issues Team on truth and lies about poverty

When I received an embargoed press release a few weeks ago from the Joint Public Issues Team (The Methodist Church, Baptist Church, United Reformed Church) and the Church of Scotland about their new “Truth and Lies about Poverty” campaign, my heart leaped.
3 Apr 2013

Churches ‘deeply disappointed’ at Osborne’s defence of benefit cuts

Four major British Churches have described George Osborne's defence of the Government's benefit cuts as "deeply disappointing".
2 Apr 2013

WCC says first global arms trade treaty is 'a milestone'

The world's first Arms Trade Treaty is “a milestone in efforts to bring commerce in deadly weapons under much-needed controls,” says te WCC
1 Apr 2013

Duncan Smith and the moral vacuum at the heart of our politics

On Radio 4's Today programme this morning, Iain Duncan Smith was asked if he could live on £53 a week. His response perfectly illustrated the moral vacuum which is at the heart of our politics.
1 Apr 2013

Over 250,000 people call for Duncan Smith to live on £53 a week

A petition calling for government minister Iain Duncan Smith to live at the poverty level he is helping impose on others has gone viral across the internet.
1 Apr 2013

Aldermaston protestors call for scrapping of Trident

Thousands of protestors have gathered at the Atomic Weapons Establishment in Aldermaston, calling on the government to scrap Trident and cancel its replacement.
30 Mar 2013

Further bedroom tax protests on Easter Saturday

Another 50 or more protests against the government's bedroom tax, which penalises poor people and families, will take place across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on Easter Saturday, 30th March 2013. The majority of them are listed below. Further links at: http://www.greenbenchesuk.com/
30 Mar 2013

Priest pours blood at Total garage in Good Friday protest over Burma links

An Anglican priest has poured his own blood on the floor of a petrol station on Good Friday, to protest against Total Oil’s investments in Burma.

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