British churches still homophobic, says outgoing LGCM leader

The Rev Richard Kirker, an Anglican deacon who steps down during 2008 after three decades leading Britain’s Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement, believes that if the worldwide Anglican communion separates over homosexuality, the onus of responsibility will fall...

Brown slated over ‘cynical’ poverty event

British prime minister Gordon Brown today faces heavy criticism for launching his Business Call to Action on global poverty alongside corporations that have been widely attacked for deepening poverty and undermining human rights. The attack comes from the charity War...

Bishop attacks government over undocumented migrants

A Catholic bishop has launched a strong attack on the government’s failure to regularise undocumented migrants living in Britain, branding its policies ‘irresponsible’, ‘shameful’ and ‘unjust’. Bishop Thomas McMahon of...

Competition Commission leaves farmers facing risks

The Competition Commission inquiry into UK grocery retailing has left small farmers in the developing world still facing “excessive and disproportionate” risks, says one of the country’s leading social enterprises. Now, Christian-based Traidcraft, which works with...