by Bernadette Meaden | Apr 3, 2022 | Commentary
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE face the future with dread, due to what has been dubbed a cost of living crisis. But what we really face is a social justice crisis. The amount of excessive wealth held in a few hands has soared during the pandemic. The government could, if it...
by Savitri Hensman | Mar 27, 2022 | Commentary
THE WAR OF AGGRESSION against Ukraine, waged by Russian forces under President Vladimir Putin, has been condemned across the world. Many faith leaders have joined in – but not Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, who instead sought to justify the...
by Bernadette Meaden | Mar 22, 2022 | Commentary
PROFESSOR PHILIP ALSTON, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights made a study in 2018 of poverty in the UK, looking particularly at the social security system, which has undergone extensive reforms in the last decade. On completing his...
by Jill Segger | Mar 2, 2022 | Commentary
ETHICS IN PUBLIC LIFE are now more at the centre of our attention than they have ever been, even among people who may not usually spend much time on such matters. Covid-19 brought the long-running background of Prime Ministerial mendacity, crony contracts, personal...
by Bernadette Meaden | Feb 25, 2022 | Commentary
ON THE EVENING of 23 February, I watched a live online show in aid of Asylum Link Merseyside. During that day the likelihood of a Russian invasion of Ukraine increased alarmingly, and I had to choose whether to continue watching grim developments on the news, or to...
by Bernadette Meaden | Feb 2, 2022 | Commentary
ONE OF THE HOTTEST TOPICS of the Brexit debate was whether migrant workers from EU countries were responsible for holding down the wages of British workers. Many people were persuaded that their in-work poverty was due to their wages being undercut by EU migrants....
