England

January 18, 2016

An English National Anthem: a song of patriotic prejudice or an opportunity to do better?

England apparently needs its own National Anthem.
January 17, 2015

Research reveals huge impact of cuts on local authority services

The future of local authority services in England are under threat from a growing funding crisis, a new report indicates.
April 26, 2014

What about celebrating St George the Immigrant?

As Ekklesia's 2007 report "When the Saints Go Marching Out', reissued in 2010 (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/11944) pointed out, and as others have subsequently affirmed, St George is not primarily "an English Saint", as popular assumption has it, but a Middle Eastern one with international, multicultural associations and a founding story about resistance to the persecutory impulse of Empire.
March 28, 2014

Religious leaders give strong backing to same-sex marriages

A number of senior religious leaders have signed a statement declaring support for same-sex marriages taking place on 29 March.
March 19, 2014

Responses to growing child poverty in England and Scotland

Based on analysis of the UK government's own Households below average income (HBAI) survey published on 28 January 2014 (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/households-below-average-incom...), the Children's Society estimates that 3.5 million children in Britain and Northern Ireland are living in poverty today.
January 21, 2014

New report charts diminishing job opportunities in England

The chance of being in work has fallen in the North East, the North West, the West Midlands and South West England since mid-2010
December 14, 2013

Almost one in ten people have experienced homelessness in England

Nine per cent of adults in England have experienced homelessness at some point in their life, new research published this week has revealed.
August 10, 2013

Raising questions about denominationally-based schooling

For the enrichment and development of plural public education on the one hand, and healthy faith communities on the other, it is necessary that the distinction between the two - as well as their need to converse and cooperate - is understood and put into operation, says Simon Barrow. That is why community schooling for all is so important.
June 11, 2013

Shrinking pay loses £5.7 billion from South West England economy

The value of South West England's overall pay packet has fallen by 10per cent since 2007, according to fresh TUC analysis as part of its latest campaign.
March 25, 2013

England needs its own polity too, argue reformers

The report by the McKay Commission says that English-only laws should normally need backing by a majority of MPs representing English constituencies.