Category - public spending cuts

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5 Dec 2012

Autumn Spending Review: we're not all in this together

The poorest will have to shoulder the biggest burden as a result of today’s Spending Review by George Osborne.
27 Jan 2011

Churches deliberate on a politics of hope

The "Poverty of Ambition? Churches and a Politics of Hope conference hosted by the Joint PUblic Issues Team took place in Birbingham on 22 January 2011.
21 Jan 2011

The MPs, the Quakers and an unanswered letter

David Cameron's warm words about co-opting churches into plugging the gaps in social provision resulting from his administration's antipathy to the state and the services it provides, have recently taken something of a knock from his own MPs in East Anglia.
20 Oct 2010

Church of England celebrates after Government spending review

The Church of England has welcomed the news that a grant scheme, which reimburses VAT on repairs to listed places of worship, will continue.
17 Sep 2010

Churches should not misuse public service ethos, says bishop

Churches involved in delivering social provision to the whole community should not use this position to push their own agendas, a Catholic bishop says.
17 Sep 2010

Faith groups, social provision and the 'big society'
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.