Are disability benefits being cut covertly?

When further cuts to disability benefits became politically risky, did the government cynically decide to make cuts anyway, but covertly, by simply denying support to people who desperately need &n When further cuts to disability benefits became politically...

International Day of Peace: crowdsourcing ideas for change

The United Nations’ (UN) International Day of Peace is marked and celebrated on 21 September each year. The United Nations’ (UN) International Day of Peace is marked and celebrated on 21 September each year. Its purpose is to recognise the efforts of those...

No abiding city: a parliament building for the 21st century?

The Palace of Westminster is falling down. The Palace of Westminster is falling down. The vast Gothic fantasy on the north bank of the Thames is showing the wrinkles of its 150 years and is in urgent need of repair. The whole building is sinking, the stonework...

Virginia Moffatt moves on

Virginia Moffatt, who has been Ekklesia’s Chief Operating Officer for the past two years, is leaving the organisation this week to take up an important NHS post in Oxford, where she lives. Virginia Moffatt, who has been Ekklesia’s Chief Operating Officer for the past...

Government, Concentrix and disabled people

Is there an institutional prejudice within Westminster and Whitehall against disabled people, a profound lack of respect and empathy w Is there an institutional prejudice within Westminster and Whitehall against disabled people, a profound lack of respect and empathy...