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  • 13 Jan 2011
    Government attempts to keep air pollution information secret

    Environmental campaigners are urging a freedom of information tribunal to reject government attempts to keep information on London air pollution secret.

  • 30 Jun 2010
    Outrage as court evicts peaceful protesters from Parliament Square

    The High Court has triggered sharp criticism from civil liberties campaigners by approving the eviction of peaceful demonstrators, including Brian Haw, from Parliament Square.

  • 11 Mar 2010
    Acting in good faith over poverty
  • 11 Mar 2010
    Church Urban Fund backs anti-poverty action in London

    The Church Urban Fund, set up in the aftermath of the landmark 'Faith in the City' report in 1985, is urging Londoners to back an initiative to tackle poverty in the capital.

  • 14 Dec 2009
    Mayors, media and fundamentalism

    When London Mayor Boris Johnson joined in a carol service last week at the ultra-conservative church Jesus House, he could be sure of one thing: that whatever the reaction, the media would not give him nearly as hard a time as if he had associated himself with a group of fundamentalist Muslims.

  • 19 Oct 2009
    Gap widens between best and worst areas for educational success

    Research has revealed a “postcode lottery” of educational achievement, with the gap widening between the best and worst ares. This is despite the £1.9 billion spent on widening university participation since 2005.

  • 17 Oct 2009
    London hosts 20-mile walk for peace

    Campaigners are walking 20 miles across London this weekend (17-18 October) to promote the cause of peace and nonviolence. They began at the NATO site in Northwood and will finish at the London Peace Pagoda in Battersea Park.

  • 2 Feb 2009
    Protests in London for Sri Lanka peace and Tibet freedom

    Protests took place in Britain's capital over the weekend, calling for an end to the government-backed slaughter in Sri Lanka and for the freedom of Tibet from Chinese domination.

  • 13 Nov 2008
    How Faiths Work

    How Faiths Work is the first event in the series to focus exclusively on the way in which organisations from a particular equality strand- faiths- work, and how they can influence policy in London.

  • 3 Nov 2008
    Huge increase in number of London's homeless

    A voluntary organisation working with homeless people has found several hundred rough sleepers in Central London, challenging estimates made by both Westminster Council and central Government.