by Simon Barrow | Jan 17, 2021 | Update
EKKLESIA IS PLEASED to be launching its new website for a new year – our twentieth in operation as a pioneering think-tank (and now change network) on beliefs, ethics and politics. This is the fourth redesign since we appeared on the web in 2002. It also marks a...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 23, 2021 | Briefing
THE ARCHBISHOPS’ ANTI-RACISM TASKFORCE has published its report From Lament to Action proposing a suite of changes to begin bringing about a change of culture in the life of the Church of England. It issues a warning to the Archbishops that a failure to act...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 23, 2021 | Briefing
CAMPAIGN AGAINST ARMS TRADE has been granted permission for its legal challenge against the UK government’s decision to renew arms sales for use in the war in Yemen to proceed to the High Court. The Honourable Mr Justice Jay ordered on 20 April 2021 that the case was...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 22, 2021 | Briefing
UK HOUSEHOLDS ARE FAR MORE LIKELY to have experienced a severe income shock during the Covid-19 crisis than their French and German counterparts, and are more likely to have taken on additional debt in response, according to a new report published this week by the...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 22, 2021 | Briefing
TODAY, THE TRUSSELL TRUST REPORTS that food banks in its UK network gave more than 2.5 million emergency food parcels to people facing crisis between April 2020 and March 2021. More than 980,000 of these went to children – that is almost two parcels on average...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 21, 2021 | Briefing
THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT HAS USED its devolved tax and benefit powers to craft a more progressive system than is in place in the rest of the UK. On average, taxes are higher for high-income households, and benefits more generous for low-income households, says the...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 21, 2021 | Briefing
STATES AND DONOR COUNTRIES are being urged by NGOs including Christian Aid to provide the additional $5.5 billion needed for urgent food assistance to reach more than 34 million girls, boys, women and men around the globe who are on the brink of famine. In a joint...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 20, 2021 | Briefing
UK MARINE PROTECTED AREAS (MPAs) in continental shelf waters store approximately 26.5 million tonnes of carbon, according to Marine Conservation Society data, making them a vital tool in the battle against the climate emergency. However, industrial fishing methods...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 20, 2021 | Briefing
UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES Filippo Grandi praised Pope Francis’ holistic approach to global displacement and the needs of the most vulnerable, including those forced to flee their homes, as expressed in the encyclical letter Fratelli Tutti, during a...
by Bernadette Meaden | Apr 19, 2021 | Commentary
LAST MONTH, a year after the UK went into lockdown and on the very morning that a judicial review on the matter was about to begin, Matt Hancock’s department agreed, “To consider how information on shielding can be given in an accessible format to disabled people...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 19, 2021 | Briefing
After UK Government guidance in force from 12 April made clear that the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) is maintaining the requirement for care home residents to self-isolate for 14 days after a visit out, John’s Campaign is threatening to bring legal...
