Key Quotes for 2018

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Last update: Wednesday 25th March




Government plans to boost the number of trainee nurses are failing – with UCAS figures revealing a second decline in applications this year, nursing leaders have warned...Calling for a national recruitment campaign, the RCN described the nursing workforce as “shrinking,” with the at least 40,000 vacancies in England’s NHS.
Health	The Sentinel - 5th February 2018



Newborn babies in low-income, underdeveloped or conflict-ridden countries are dying at an “alarmingly high rate”, owing to a lack of affordable, quality health-care, nutrition and clean water, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned. In a new report, Every Child Alive: The urgent need to end newborn death, UNICEF states that 2.6 million newborn babies around the world do not survive their first month of life: of these, one million die on the day that they are born.
World Issues	Church Times - 23rd February 2018



A new study asking children in care about their experiences found that half those under the age of seven did not know why they were in care. The study, by the charity Coram Voice and the University of Bristol, is the largest of its kind, surveying 2263 children and young people across different regions. On the whole, the survey found that most children and young people felt that being in care had improved their lives. But younger children’s experience was less positive.
Young People	Church Times - 23rd February 2018



The birth of Jesus has been ranked among key historical events people in the UK most wish they had experienced first-hand according to a poll by Casumo.
Religion/Spirituality	Premier Christianity - March 2018



The technology giant Google has come under attack after its voice-activated personal assistant Google Home was able to answer the questions “Who is Mohammed?” and “Who is Buddha?” but could not answer “Who is Jesus?”.
Religion/Spirituality	Premier Christianity - March 2018



Children who have escaped the war in Syria face further trauma at school, a report by World Vision suggests. For the report, Beyond Survival, 400 displaced children in southern Syria were asked about their new lives away from home. Almost seven out of ten reported psychologically damaging experiences of physical and verbal abuse, and aggression at school. The survey found that children were struggling with poverty, malnutrition, displacement, and over-crowded housing, and bullying at school.
Disasters/War	Church Times - 29 March 2018



Millions more people this year are facing severe hunger caused by new and worsening conflicts, a study that measures levels of food insecurity and cases of malnutrition around the world has found. Last year, 124 million people in 51 countries faced crisis levels of hunger, compared with 108 million people in 48 countries in 2016, and 80 million in 2015, the Global Report of Food Crises by the Food Security Information Network (FSIN) says.
Disasters/War	Church Times – 29 March 2018



Religious education ranked near the bottom of a YouGov poll looking at which school subjects were considered important. Only twelve percent considered it “very important”, with the majority calling it “not very important."
Education	Premier Youth and Children’s Work – April 2018



The poorest people in London pay, as a proportion of income, six times more in council tax than the highest earners, new analysis from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) suggests. The tax constitutes 8.1 percent of income for those in the lowest decile, and 1.3 percent for those in the highest.
Money	Church Times – 29 March 2018



Students from faith schools in England are less likely to be absent from school than pupils in other state schools. Around 20 percent of faith schools reported a persistent absence issue with that number rising to 34 percent at other state-funded schools, according to Department for Education figures.
Education	Premier Youth and Children’s Work – April 2018



The leaders of 44 African Countries have signed up to one of the world’s largest free-trade deals, creating a single market of 1.2 billion people. The African Continental Free Trade Area, signed on 21 March in Kigali, Rwanda, puts the countries into a single trading bloc. This would be the largest created since the World Trade Organization in 1995.
World Issues	Church Times – 6 April 2018



There were 37,443 recorded knife offences in the year up to September 2017. Four teenagers were stabbed to death on New Year’s Eve alone, bringing the total number of deaths to 80 in 2017.
Crime	Premier Youth and Children’s Work – April 2018 (oxygen-online.org)



Pop star Ed Sheeran wants a private chapel in his garden. His planning application states “it is every person’s right to be able to have a place of retreat for contemplation, prayer and religious observances."
What famous people say	Premier Christianity – April 2018



Energy companies will soon be banned from back-billing customers for gas and electricity used more than 12 months previously. Ofgem said correct billing was an essential part of customer service, and large bills could leave consumers struggling financially. The average back-bill was £1,160 last year, but extreme cases have seen customers receiving bills of £10,000.
Money	The Sentinel – 5 March 2018



Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, and renowned atheist Richard Dawkins have both signed a letter in The Daily Telegraph along with more than 60 others, arguing that the cap on the number of religious students at faith schools should stay. Currently, faith schools are limited in the number of pupils they can admit who share the religious ethos of the school. However, the government has committed to lifting the 50 percent cap in order to encourage faith groups to open new schools.
Education	Premier Christianity – April 2018

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