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6 Jul 2010

Labour leadership candidates compete for Christian support

All five candidates for the Labour leadership have placed a strong emphasis on “values” while pitching for Christian support at a hustings run by the Christian Socialist Movement.
27 May 2010

Immigration officials accused of traumatising three-year-old child

A three-year-old Iranian child living in Britain is reported to have eaten hardly anything for two weeks after being traumatised by a raid on her home by UK immigration officials.
19 May 2010

Concerns expressed over announcement of end to child detention

Following the news of an end to child detention in Dungavel, a Scottish group have said this may just mean a transfer of the practice to England.
24 Feb 2010

Why the Prime Minister needs to repent over child migrants

Gordon Brown’s apology in the House of Commons today is likely to be met with debate and comment about the extent to which a political leader can apologise for the wrongdoings of another government. It has certainly done so in the past over such issues as the transatlantic slave trade.
17 Feb 2010

Children's Commissioner calls for an end to child detention

Yarl's Wood detention centre, in Bedfordshire, remains "no place for a child", the children's commissioner for England has said in a new report published today.
17 Dec 2009

It's the story, not the scoop, that counts

It seems we have had a run of scoops on the Ekklesia web site in the last couple of weeks.
4 Dec 2009

Which one's Nick?

I hear from Citizens for Sancuary that fresh from his outing to Yarl's Wood Detention Centre today where he caused a bit of a stir, St Nick will be h
4 Dec 2009

Bah humbug! St Nick prevented from giving gifts to detained children

The patron saint of children and the imprisoned - and the inspiration for the modern day Father Christmas - St Nicholas was turned away at the gate of the Yarl’s Wood Detention Centre when he tried to deliver gifts to the children inside.
30 Nov 2009

Santa gets stuck in and a new Christmas tradition takes hold

I was filled with a warm, fuzzy, Yuletide glow when I heard some news earlier today, which looks as if it will do a little to put the more radical Christ back into Christmas (

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