by Sean Reilly | Dec 16, 2007
“A road map missing a vital signpost”, was how aid agency Tearfund described the global deal on climate change struck at the UN conference in Bali on Saturday. Without explicit reference in the final document to the need for industrialised countries to cut carbon...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 13, 2007
Leaders of Britain’s 250,000 strong Jewish community have welcomed a decision by the Muslim Council of Britain, the country’s largest Islamic organization, to end its boycott of Holocaust Day held on 27 January every year – writes Trevor Grundy. The...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 13, 2007
The World Bank risks doing more harm than good, if it is allowed to continue attaching harmful economic conditions to its development loans, international development agency Christian Aid has warned. The agency is urging the UK government to press hard for World Bank...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 12, 2007
Following public criticism, several embarrassing cases resurfacing from the past and a painstaking subsequent review of procedure, the Church of England has published its “model protocol” for handling child protection cases. The publication follows the...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 12, 2007
Churches used financial leverage to force British Airways to change its uniform policy, according to a new website aimed at making the investment activities of churches in the UK more transparent. The Church Investors Group (CIG) made up of representatives of the...
