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  • 20 Jan 2013
    Richest 100 people could end global poverty four times over, says Oxfam

    An explosion in extreme wealth is exacerbating inequality and hindering the world's ability to tackle poverty together, Oxfam warns this weekend.

  • 10 Jan 2013
    Huge income inequality is violence, says French Protestant leader

    A senior French Protestant has called growing income inequality a form of violence and has asked for self-restraint among high earners in a time of austerity.

  • 10 Jan 2013
    In praise of income limits: a call for self-regulation

    The gap between very high incomes and low salaries has been widening for several years, says Laurent Schlumberger, president of the national council of the Reformed Church of France. Where governments and consumers are reluctant to act, there is still a moral imperative on high earners to refuse grossly unequal remuneration, he argues.

  • 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.

  • 11 Jan 2012
    New report shows government legal aid cuts claims are wrong

    A Kings College London (KCL) report has demolished government savings claims on legal aid cuts that threaten the poor and vulnerable.

  • 17 Nov 2008
    Coming under liberating judgement

    The biblical theme of judgement confronts us with some tough issues, says Simon Barrow. But rightly understood it is about liberation not vindictiveness, and a reorientation which is economic as much as spiritual, political as much as religious.

  • 15 Oct 2008
    Christian protest camp asylum seeker supporters meet with MPs

    Two Christian campaigners from Manchester have handed in a petition to 10 Downing Street at the close of the second week of their fortnight long protest camp in Parliament Square in London over the mistreatment of asylum seekers.

  • 2 May 2008
    Time for a just peace in Israel-Palestine
  • 23 Apr 2008
    Church report says the rich benefit from global corruption

    Rich nations are the real beneficiaries of the "boom industry" of global corruption that is making the world's poor even poorer, says a hard-hitting new report from the United Church in Australia. It calls for an end to tax havens.

  • 22 Apr 2008
    Palestinians and Israelis need a just peace

    As Israel marks its 60th anniversary this May, for Israelis and Palestinians the conflict and the suffering continues, says Ben White. He believes that this landmark is an important opportunity for Christian leaders around the world to add their voices to a special call for a justice-based peace.