by Sean Reilly | Jun 27, 2008
The British Humanist Association (BHA) has welcomed the moves towards greater equality set out in the government’s Equality Bill White Paper – and has called for more action against discrimination by religious groups. It urges caution against the potential of...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 3, 2008
Arms companies are facing a week of protests across the UK after a year of increasing public opposition to the arms trade. Stop the Arms Trade Week is underway and runs until 8 June 2008 – involving people of all faiths and none. With events including an Arms...
by Sean Reilly | May 1, 2008
Since becoming prime minister, Gordon Brown has fended off accusations of ‘kitchen cabinet’ government with remarkable ease. He has done so mainly by putting some of those who previously sat round the hearth into the real Cabinet and gathering a new galley crew. But...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 17, 2008
The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has called on the Prime Minister to end his silence on a High Court ruling on BAE Systems that took place nearly a week ago. The court ruled on 10th April that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) had acted unlawfully by cutting short...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 8, 2008
Christian Aid, which works with people of all faiths and none, has welcomed being chosen as a key partner in a new government-backed global volunteering scheme for disadvantaged 18- to 25-year-olds. As reported on Ekklesia, over the next three years 2,500 young adults...