PA: British Isles & Ireland
Thursday, 12 January 2012 12:44
Consultation on Freedom of Speech
The Home Office is currently consulting on whether to remove the word ‘insulting’ from section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986. This consultation is extremely important because a number of Christians, including street preachers, have…
Thursday, 12 January 2012 12:43
‘Religious literacy’ lacking in public life
Britain’s Christian heritage is no longer understood in the ‘corridors of power’. The Rt Revd Michael Nazir-Ali made the comments as he reflected on the Prime Minister’s recent speech on the place of the Bible and…
Thursday, 12 January 2012 12:41
Critics blame tax system for number of single parents
More British children are being raised in one-parent families than in any other major European country because the tax and benefit system ‘encourages transient shack-ups’. One in five British children live with a single mother or…
Thursday, 12 January 2012 12:40
Grim predictions for UK family finances
Grim predictions for UK family finances up to 2015 are revealed in new evidence produced by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) for the Family and Parenting Institute (FPI), published yesterday. The report says the median…
Thursday, 12 January 2012 12:38
Chaplains of the Armed Forces
There are over 450 Service Chaplains both full and part time attached to ships, units and stations, at home and abroad, ministering to Service personnel and their families. Some deploy to operational theatres such as Afghanistan…
Thursday, 12 January 2012 12:36
Human Trafficking in Olympic year
The 2012 Games are likely to be a key target for criminal gangs who will look to take advantage of a larger than usual number of visitors heading to the UK. In July Theresa May launched…