Category - UK poverty

July 18, 2014

We need a right to live, not a right to die

A friend of mine who uses a wheelchair was recently approached by a stranger who crossed over the road to talk to her. Without knowing anything about her, he told her that he supported her right to die with dignity through assisted suicide. She told him that she was more concerned with her right to live than her right to die.
April 30, 2014

Cameron's "Christian country"

A society that favours the rich and shuns the poor is far away from biblical visions of equality and justice.
April 12, 2014

David Cameron talks about faith, Easter, churches and poverty

David Cameron has spoken this week of his Christian faith and has gone on to make claims at Easter about a 'Christian country'. His sincerity has been widely questioned on Twitter, but it's not for me to judge him. God can see into Cameron's heart but I can't. However, the Prime Minister and I have very different understandings of Christianity.
February 18, 2014

Resist Atos - national day of demonstrations

At the Conservative Party conference in 2011, David Cameron told a lie in his speech. This is not a claim I make lightly.
January 21, 2014

If you think UKIP's members are extreme, read its official policies

Nigel Farage has thrown out the latest UKIP member to provoke controversy through bigoted opinions. Farage says he wants to get rid of candidates with "extremist, barmy or nasty" views. But it is not individual candidates who are the problem. UKIP's official policies are extremely nasty, based as they are on an ultra-Thatcherite free-market extremism.
January 16, 2014

Gates is wrong: We need more cuts to military spending

My radio alarm clock woke me this morning with the news that the USA’s former defence secretary, Robert Gates, has criticised the cuts that are being made to military spending in the UK.
June 15, 2012

Sex, money and church attacks on government

This week, several UK churches have been objecting to government attempts to redefine things.
May 11, 2012

Trusting in what is not real

The Bible says more about money than about almost any other ethical issue. In a world where critics of capitalism are described as "unrealistic", Christians can point to a greater reality than the dominant values of our own time and culture. We can recognise that capitalism depends on faith in the idols of money and markets.
February 24, 2012

Extreme destitution now routine among refugee children in UK

A new report by the Children’s Society reveals alarming levels of destitution among refugee, asylum-seeking and migrant children and young people.
May 13, 2011

Note of caution over fall in child poverty

The Child Poverty Action Group have welcomed the news of a fall in child poverty - but warned that the government's policies are likely to push it back up again.