British Isles
'JAMS' will be crushed over 5 years
25 Nov 2016
The Autumn Statement offers little help to the ‘Just About Managing’ classes. Their overall incomes are set to be squeezed even more severely over the course of this Parliament than previously thought, according to a new…
#JoyToTheWorld this Christmas!
25 Nov 2016
1 December sees the launch of www.achristmasnearyou.org which allows people to find their nearest Christmas church services wherever they live in the UK. The Church of England already has nearly 19,000 Christmas services and events registered…
Autumn Statement
25 Nov 2016
Denis Healey delivered the first version of the Autumn Statement In 1975 and made it a duty for the Government to publish two economic updates a year. On Wednesday the Chancellor of the Exchequer said, ‘I…
Prison Service not working
18 Nov 2016
On 3 November, Justice Secretary Liz Truss unveiled a White Paper detailing £1.3bn investment in new prisons over the next five years along with plans for 2,100 extra officers, drug tests and more autonomy for governors.…
Christians denied UK visit - ‘too poor’
18 Nov 2016
The Church of Scotland has condemned Home Office red tape that twice denied visas for an invited delegation of Pakistani Christians because they are too poor. The Presbytery of Glasgow vouched for the two delegates from…
BBC: reduction in Christian programming?
18 Nov 2016
The BBC will increase its multi-faith coverage in response to a report submitted to Lord Hall by BBC religion and ethics department head Aaqil Ahmed, who said that there is an imbalance in the network's religious…