by Sean Reilly | Sep 10, 2008
A new alliance of religious and secular groups committed to cooperation to “make poverty history in the UK” is to be launched on Thursday 11 September 2008, with involvement from major churches and Christian agencies. The ‘Get Fair’ includes in...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 16, 2008
A church group has repeated its call for action to end inequality outside Britain’s main urban areas. It comes as a new report shows that poverty and inequality are growing in Britain’s rural communities even faster than in towns and cities The 2008 “State of...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 9, 2008
Church Action on Poverty has called on the Government to reconsider changes in the last Budget which have increased tax for the poorest families. The Institute of Fiscal Studies has claimed that the income tax changes announced in Gordon Brown’s last Budget, which...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 1, 2008
Church Action on Poverty (CAP) has warmly welcomed a new report which finds significant failings in the UK asylum system. The report condemns the Government policy of making refused asylum-seekers destitute, adding further weight to CAP’s calls for an end to...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 20, 2008
An initiative in which 100 people have lived as failed asylum seekers for a week in a ‘visible act of solidarity’, comes to an end this Saturday, The people from across the country spent a week this Lent living on £3.50 and a typical food parcel in a...
