In this issue
In this issue
- Ekklesia to launch new website
- Drone Wars on Trial
- Tax Credits and the ‘jobs miracle’
- New ruling against ‘sweetheart’ tax deals could have global impact says Christian Aid
- Chancellor borrowing four times more than planned, says TUC
- Refugee and migration crisis a ‘defining moment for Europe and the world’
- The worst of times
- German pilgrims underline call for climate justice
- Refugees crossing’: the little boats bearing our humanity
- There are worse things than public borrowing
Ekklesia to launch new website
Ekklesia to launch a brand new website
Drone Wars on Trial
On Monday 19th October 2015, four British activists will go to trial accused of criminal damage to the perimeter fence at RAF Waddington.
Thursday 22 October 2015
Tax Credits and the ‘jobs miracle’
When Michelle Dorrell, an angry Conservative voter confronted a government minister on Question Time, planned cuts to tax credits went t
New ruling against ‘sweetheart’ tax deals could have global impact says Christian Aid
The European Commission’s new ruling against ‘sweetheart’ tax deals, between Starbucks and the Netherlands and between Fiat Chrysler and Luxembourg, is a critically important recognition that one country’s tax decisions can severely damage other countries, says Christian Aid
Chancellor borrowing four times more than planned, says TUC
New public sector finance figures published on 21 October by the Office for National Statistics, show that public spending cuts are a failed strategy for reducing the deficit, says the Trades Union Congress.
Refugee and migration crisis a ‘defining moment for Europe and the world’
The current refugee and migration crisis is a “defining moment” for Europe and the world, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in Rome on 15 October.
Refugees crossing’: the little boats bearing our humanity
Just a month after photographs of the body of three-year-old Alyan Kurdi, washed up on a Turkish beach, shocked the world, the government has announced its decision to withdraw two Border Force res
There are worse things than public borrowing
George Osborne’s determination to reduce the deficit increasingly seems like a form of extremism, in which the end seems to justify any means.