In this issue
In this issue
- New director for the Urban Theology Unit
- Iain Duncan Smith: the legacy
- A shocking resignation: the impact of Iain Duncan Smith’s departure
- Iain Duncan Smith resigns from key ministerial post
- A budget, a referendum and a leadership contest
- Schooling ourselves for a smaller state?
- The Church of England’s budget response reveals twisted priorities
- David Cameron writes to Ethiopia amid fears for death-row Briton
- UN officials call for concrete commitments on gender equality
20 Mar 2016
New director for the Urban Theology Unit
The Rev Dr Keith Hebden, writer, activist, deanery advisor, pioneer minister and assistant priest in the Parish of Mansfield has been appointed as the new Director of the Urban Theology Unit in Sheffield, from September 2016.
Launch of ‘Foxes have holes: Christian reflections on Britain’s housing need’
Upcoming events
Blessed are the Peacemakers: Fr. John Dear on the Beatitudes
Monday 21 March 2016
19 Mar 2016
Iain Duncan Smith: the legacy
From the very beginning of his involvement in social security policy, Iain Duncan Smith got it wrong.
19 Mar 2016
A shocking resignation: the impact of Iain Duncan Smith’s departure
A ministerial resignation is always dramatic.
18 Mar 2016
Iain Duncan Smith resigns from key ministerial post
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith, has resigned tonight.
17 Mar 2016
A budget, a referendum and a leadership contest
George Osborne may be a poor economist, but he is, beyond doubt, a skilful political operator.
19 Mar 2016
Schooling ourselves for a smaller state?
Pope John Paul II once said, “A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members”.
17 Mar 2016
The Church of England’s budget response reveals twisted priorities
Institutional churches can be pretty slow to respond to injustice, so I’m not surprised that some people were pleased to see that the Church of England issued a speedy response to George Osborne’s
18 Mar 2016
David Cameron writes to Ethiopia amid fears for death-row Briton
David Cameron has intervened twice to secure UK access to a Briton who was kidnapped by Ethiopian forces in 2014, it has emerged, amid Foreign Office concerns that there has been “no substantive progress” on the case.
18 Mar 2016
UN officials call for concrete commitments on gender equality
Top United Nations officials have called on leaders to attend the World Humanitarian Summit in May and make concrete commitments to enhance gender equality, as women and girls are “central” to humanitarian action.