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Ekklesia daily bulletin

by Archive | Mar 15, 2016

In this issue


In this issue

  • Cuts versus charity – Conservative MPs cannot have it both ways
  • Conservative goverments borrow most, despite illusion of economic prudence
  • UK economy ‘£140bn smaller than Chancellor planned’ says TUC
  • Legal proceedings against UK government over arms to Saudi Arabia
  • MPs launch new Conscience Objection Bill
  • UNICEF offers critical steps to protect Syrian children
  • Water is a gift, and a right for all, says WCC moderator
 

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Launch of ‘Foxes Have Holes: Christian Responses to Housing Need’

April 14, 2016

 

Foxes draft cover

 

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Tuesday 15 March 2016

15 Mar 2016

Cuts versus charity – Conservative MPs cannot have it both ways

In 2012,  many of us sat aghast during the progress of the Welfare Reform Act through the Parliament.

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15 Mar 2016

Conservative goverments borrow most, despite illusion of economic prudence

The Conservative Party has borrowed more than its Labour opponents when in power, Read more

14 Mar 2016

UK economy ‘£140bn smaller than Chancellor planned’ says TUC

The UK economy is £140 billion smaller than the government predicted in 2010, according to new analysis published yesterday (13 March) by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in its Budget statement.

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15 Mar 2016

Legal proceedings against UK government over arms to Saudi Arabia

Law firm Leigh Day, representing Campaign Against Arms Trade, has begun formal legal action in the High Court to challenge the government’s decision to export arms to Saudi Arabia. This follows increasing evidence that Saudi forces are violating international humanitarian law in Yemen.

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15 Mar 2016

MPs launch new Conscience Objection Bill

March 2nd 2016 marked 100 years since the first inclusive right of conscientious objection became law in the United Kingdom. To commemorate the centenary, the NGO Conscience: Taxes for Peace not War hosted a discussion evening featuring MPs from 3 different parties and Sir Richard Jolly, a former United Nations Assistant Secretary General.

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14 Mar 2016

UNICEF offers critical steps to protect Syrian children

Unless the needs and rights of the more than eight million Syrian children are addressed, an entire generation will be lost, along with decades of development progress,UNICEF warns in a new report ) that calls on the international community to protect the youngest civilians amidst “a children’s crisis.”

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15 Mar 2016

Water is a gift, and a right for all, says WCC moderator

Africa is one of the biggest continents in the world, and also has wide disparities between the poor and rich in access to water, according to reports from the United Nations and other independent groups.

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Blessed are the Peacemakers: Fr. John Dear on the Beatitudes

March 31, 2016

 

John Dear leaflet

 

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