British Isles
Friday, 28 October 2016 08:56
Brexit battle
Last week Labour lobbied 170 questions for the Government, all designed to throw stumbling blocks into the path of negotiations to get Britain out of the EU. As a nation we can come through this and…
Friday, 28 October 2016 08:54
Police corruption
On 7 October the Scotland Yard unit dealing with sensitive police inquiries was found to be ‘corrupted’ by a firm of private investigators run by retired detectives who targeted former police colleagues to secure information about…
Friday, 28 October 2016 08:52
Archbishop tells watchdogs, ‘practise what you preach’
Justin Welby is urging the UK’s financial watchdogs to ‘practise what they preach’ amid concern that regulation aimed at preventing another financial crisis is weakening. The Archbishop, who sits on the advisory board of the think-tank…
Friday, 28 October 2016 08:50
Refugee children and UK response
The Calais clean-up mission is accomplished. In May the Home Office confirmed that 3,000 child asylum seekers had been returned to conflict-torn countries in the past decade: today many single-minded children are back, trying for a…
Friday, 28 October 2016 08:48
‘The equality law needs to change'
Ashers Baking Company was asked to make a cake saying 'support gay marriage' but declined, saying it would compromise their Christian beliefs. LGBT activists launched a civil action against Ashers. Throughout legal proceedings Ashers repeatedly said…
Friday, 28 October 2016 08:46
Winter night shelters
Night shelters supported by Church Urban Fund (CUF) are to increase their provision to nearly 4,000 bed spaces this winter in response to growing homelessness. Over 800 volunteers will work in shelters in Manchester, Salford, Birmingham,…