Christian, Muslim and Jewish leaders have issued a joint call for the government's household welfare benefit cap to exclude child benefit.

Free Church leaders in Britain have welcomed the breakthrough at climate change talks in Durban, but warned of significant future dangers.

Leaders from the Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Churches, together with Church Action on Poverty (CAP), have called on the chancellor to opt for fairer taxes today.

Speaking ahead of the G8 Summit to be held in Germany on 6 June 2007, the heads of Britain's major Free churches have appealed to the UK government and world leaders to make global poverty their top priority.