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| The government has said it has "no plans" to ban counselling for unwanted same-sex attraction. The therapy, lumped together with other 'treatments' and pejoratively labelled 'conversion' or 'cure' therapy, was attacked during a parliamentary debate this week. But a government minister said that a ban would be "complex", as it would stop people voluntarily seeking the therapy. | |
| Social Issues | Christian Concern - 7th November 2015 |
| A report by the think tank, Theos, suggests that as welfare spending diminishes, charities with a religious basis are playing an increasing role in society. But it adds that those which do so often face hostility from local governments and other public bodies. | |
| Social Issues | Bible Society - 6th November 2015 |
| A coalition of some of the major churches in the UK is warning that the Government’s Welfare Reform and Work Bill ‘will make poor people poorer.’ The report raises the concern that benefit cuts could result in families not having enough financial support to meet their basic needs. | |
| Social Issues | Bible Society - 6th November 2015 |
| Trust in charities is at its lowest point since 2007, with charities now less trusted than supermarkets, according to the latest edition of a regular survey of attitudes to charity. | |
| Social Issues | Civil Society News - 6th November 2015 |
| On Tuesday, the European Parliament voted in favour of a proposal which threatens the UK’s system of voluntary family-friendly filters provided by the big four internet service providers (ISPs). The proposal requires ISPs across Europe to treat online traffic “without discrimination, restriction, or interference”, meaning that the current approach in the UK may well be unlawful by the end of the year. | |
| Social Issues | CARE Impact Direct - 30th October 2015 |
| China is to end its controversial one-child policy. At least 336 million abortions have been attributed to the policy, introduced in 1979. Gender-abortion has also been practised and China currently has 116 men for every 100 women. | |
| Social Issues | Christian Concern - 31st October 2015 |
| The US House of Representatives has approved legislation to defund Planned Parenthood. The bill would block at least 89% of federal funding to the abortion provider for one year and was introduced following the release of videos showing abortionists negotiating the 'sale' of baby body parts. | |
| Social Issues | Christian Concern - 31st October 2015 |
| The Salvation Army has taken to the streets of London to sell people as commodities in a bid to highlight the rising occurrence of modern slavery. ‘People for sale, two for twenty pounds, more coming in tomorrow,’ was chanted on Oxford Street during a dramatic representation based on real life stories of victims of modern slavery. | |
| Social Issues | Bible Society - 23rd October 2015 |
| Instead of providing security against hunger, the ‘welfare safety net’ is in some cases creating ‘insecurity and destitution’, according to a new report. ‘Restoring Faith in the Safety Net’, published by Church Action on Poverty, documents eight key holes in the safety net, many of which are leaving large numbers without income for months. The report reveals that up to £1.5bn of benefits and £560m of tax credits are underpaid in error, leading to hundreds of thousands of people missing out on money they are entitled to. | |
| Social Issues | Christianity - September 2015 |
| A Lancashire council has reversed a plan to remove a large wooden cross from a local crematorium. Reports this week indicated that the cross, which had hung at Accrington Crematorium for over 50 years, was to be removed for fear of offending non-Christians. Following criticism of the proposal, the cross will remain and only be taken down if specifically requested by a family. | |
| Social Issues | Christian Concern - 3rd October 2015 |
| A Syrian refugee family will live in a Grade II four-bedroom building after Justin Welby said he would welcome people fleeing the war-ravaged country at his official London residence. The rent will be paid for by charitable funds under the Archbishop of Canterbury’s personal control. | |
| Social Issues | Bible Society - 25th September 2015 |
| Imams, priests, rabbis and other religious figures will have to enrol on a ‘national register of faith leaders’ and be subject to government-specified training and security checks in the Home Office’s latest action on extremism. The strategy, due to be published this autumn, says that Whitehall will ‘require all faiths to maintain a national register of faith leaders’. | |
| Social Issues | Bible Society - 18th September 2015 |
| Amnesty International has dubbed the conditions in Austria's camp for asylum seekers as 'inhumane'. Almost 5,000 people are housed in the camp in the village of Traiskirchen, about 30 miles outside the capital, Vienna. Bible Society of Austria's Director, Jutta Henner, backed Amnesty International's statement, calling conditions at the camp 'shocking'. | |
| Social Issues | Bible Society - 21st August 2015 |
| Ahead of the debate on the Assisted Dying (No. 2) Bill, polling commissioned by CARE revealed that 76% of people believe legalising assisted suicide would result in terminally ill people who believe they are a burden feeling a responsibility to access assisted suicide. In addition, of the 2,082 people surveyed, 86% of respondents felt there was a risk of politicians and NHS managers using subtle pressures to prioritise assisted suicide over palliative care. 52% of people thought patients opting for assisted suicide would experience no pain or discomfort, yet complications ranging from vomiting the lethal drugs they ingest to regaining consciousness are not uncommon in places where assisted suicide is legal such as Oregon and Washington States. | |
| Social Issues | CARE Impact Direct - 11th September 2015 |
| A third of people would consider a non-church location for their funeral and a quarter would ask mourners to wear colourful clothes according to a new poll of UK adults. Research amongst Co-operative Funeralcare’s own directors also found that nearly half (49 per cent) had arranged service in a location other than a church or crematorium. | |
| Social Issues | Bible Society - 11th September 2015 |
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