Cruel treatment of thousands with degenerative conditions

Thousands of people unable to work because of progressive conditions are being placed in a work-related activity group, even if assessors admit they are unlikely ever to recover, the UK government admitted. Thousands of people unable to work because of progressive...

Hostility to ‘foreigners’ threatens everyone in Britain

Politicians and newspaper editors have convinced many people in Britain that it is a ‘soft touch’ for foreigners who want to settle here illegally or live off benefits. In reality, a harsh immigration system hurts families and damages society. Politicians and...

The little things: combining for change

Ebola, war, terrorism, injustice, inequality, squalid government, torture. Sometimes the inventory of cruelty and suffering seems overwhelming. The temptation to spiral into despair and the cynicism born of helplessness can assail us all. But sometimes a glimmer comes...

A coalition mistaking failure and harm for success

In a brilliant piece in the Guardian, Ha-Joon Chang comprehensively demolishes the economic ‘recovery’ claimed by the coalition government, dismissing as an ‘economic fairytale’ its claims of success. In a brilliant piece in the Guardian, Ha-Joon Chang comprehensively...

Accepting Evangelicals mark tenth anniversary

The pro-inclusion network Accepting Evangelicals (AE) is celebrating its tenth anniversary today, as the group meets in London, at St John’s Church in Waterloo, for its Annual General Meeting. The pro-inclusion network Accepting Evangelicals (AE) is celebrating...