Counting the cost of the WCA

by | Jul 11, 2014

People campaigning for the abolition of the Work Capability Assessment have often quoted figures from the Department for Work and Pensions which state that between January 2011 and November 2011, 10,600 sick and disabled people died within six weeks of their benefit...

Licence refused to married gay hospital chaplain

by | Jul 10, 2014

A Church of England bishop has refused a licence to Jeremy Pemberton, a hospital chaplain, because he married his partner Laurence Cunnington. This may prevent him from taking up a new job closer to his home. This has further strained church’s leaders’ already tense...

Church House – no place for an arms conference

by | Jul 9, 2014

The Church House Conference Centre, located in the Church of England’s administrative headquarters near Westminster Abbey, is again to host a conference sponsored by arms dealers. The Church House Conference Centre, located in the Church of England’s...

New chief operating officer for Ekklesia

by | Jul 8, 2014

As part of an ongoing process of expansion and change, Ekklesia, the Christian political think-tank, is delighted to welcome Virginia Moffatt as our new chief operating officer, starting on 8th July 2014. As part of an ongoing process of expansion and change,...