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Last update: Wednesday 25th March




Revelations of police corruption have damaged public confidence in the service and lowered the morale of the majority of serving officers, a report has concluded. Tom Winsor, the Chief Inspector of Constabulary, has released his first annual assessment of policing in England and Wales. After conducting an overview of policing for 2012/2013, he concluded that controversies and revelations of a negative nature had damaged the perception of the police. As a result, he said it was the responsibility of the leadership to ‘repair the damage which has been done’. In the result he says this will be achieved through a commitment to the highest standards of professional conduct and through the firm treatment of those found to have violated those standards.
Crime	The Sentinel, April 1, 2014



Britain’s Big Six energy suppliers face the threat of being broken up after regulators said they planned to refer the sector for a full-scale competition probe. Ofgem said soaring household bills and intensifying public distrust highlighted the need for an investigation to determine if the companies are making excess profit – after they quadrupled to more than £1 billion in three years.
Money	The Sentinel, March 28, 2014



Militant atheists should “get over it” and accept that Britain is a Christian country, according to Communities Secretary Eric Pickles. He changed the law in 2012 to ensure councils could not face legal challenges for including prayers in meetings. This weekend, he said non-believers should not impose “politically correct intolerance” on others.
Religion/Spirituality	The Sentinel, April 7, 2014



There will be no G8 summit in Russia this year, David Cameron said in a further sign of efforts to isolate Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. The Prime Minister said it was ‘absolutely clear’ the meeting could not go ahead. Speaking in The Hague ahead of a meeting of G7 leaders, he said: “We should be clear there’s not going to be a G8 summit this year in Russia.”
World Issues	The Sentinel – 25 March 2014



Local authority employers have offered a one per cent pay rise to around a million council workers. The employers, who negotiate on behalf of 350 councils, said the increase would increase the local government pay bill by more than £164 million. The offer applies to staff ranging from librarians, refuse collectors and cleaners to social workers and architects. The offer does not apply to chief executives, senior officers, teachers or fire-fighters, who are covered by separate pay arrangements.
Work/Employment	The Sentinel – 21 March 2014



The international community will ‘pay a very high price’ if it fails to take clear action over the Ukrainian crisis, David Cameron has said. European leaders must set out the consequences Moscow will face for the annexation of Crimea. Fears are growing of a major escalation in violence in Crimea after two people died in clashes between Ukrainian and pro-Russian forces.
World Issues	The Sentinel – 20 March 2014



A cancer drug which could prolong the lives of terminally ill patients has been trialled for the first time. Clinicians hope the drug, taken as an oral pill, will benefit patients with terminal forms of leukaemia and lymphoma who have run out of treatment options. Four patients in Plymouth have become the first to be treated with the new class of BTK (Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinase) inhibiting drugs. The trial began in 2012 and has extended worldwide, with more than 30 patients receiving the treatment with ‘positive results’.
Health	The Sentinel – 20 March 2014



North Korea has ordered the death of as many as 33 people because of their alleged contact with a missionary, South Korea’s largest news organisation has reported. The 33 North Koreans are charged with attempting to overthrow the regime by the setting up of 500 underground churches.
Religious Persecution	Evangelicals Now – April 2014



On February 27, the Department of Health launched a consultation on mitochondrial donation technique, the process whereby a child would have ‘three parents’. The consultation seeks views on proposed draft regulations on the use of the new techniques to prevent mothers passing serious mitochondrial diseases to their children and is open until May 21 at 5pm.
Social Issues	Evangelicals Now – April 2014



The Public Health Minister, Jane Ellison MP, said in late February that the Government will publish more detailed guidance shortly which will include a restatement of the Government’s view that abortion on the grounds of gender alone is unlawful.
Social Issues	Evangelicals Now – April 2014



Nearly 100 years after the first woman took her seat in parliament, just over one fifth of our MPs are women. A recent survey of contributors to serious public debate through newspapers, radio and TV found that again just over a fifth of them were women. Women are in the minority in business leadership, and the recession has hit women the hardest with more of them losing their jobs as a result of cuts. Women still earn less than men over 40 years after the Equal Pay Act, with those working full-time earning 85p for every £1 earned by a man.
Social Issues	Liberti – April - June 2014



Plans to allow the creation of three-parent babies are set to cost the Conservative Party votes at the upcoming European elections, a new poll has found. The ComRes poll, which was commissioned by The Christian Institute, revealed that: More than a quarter (27 per cent) of those surveyed said they are less likely to vote Tory because of the proposals. Just three per cent are more inclined to back the Party over the issue. Amongst the over 65s, more than a third said it would make them less likely to support the Conservative Party. Of those who voted Tory in 2010, close to a third said they were less likely to do the same in the European elections over the issue.
Politics	The Christian Institute, April 2014



Church leaders from various denominations in South Sudan have issued a letter expressing sadness and condemnation concerning the recent violence in the country and calling on the government to ‘take control of the situation and protect its citizens’. The letter expresses concern that the violence is being characterised as a conflict between the Dinka and Nuer tribes and asked the members of this groups not to accept the characterisation.
Disasters/War	Life and Work, March 2014.



A charity is planning to give out 10,000 free Bibles to primary school children in Scotland this year. Bibles for Children is stepping up its activities north of the border, which have so far seen it supply 92 schools from the Central Belt to Shetland. In 2014 they are planning to help at least 50 schools.
Religion/Spirituality	Life and Work, March 2014



More than 2,000 Christians gathered in Colombo on January 26 to protest against a perceived lack of religious freedom in Sri Lanka, following recent attacks on Christian places of worship by Buddhist extremists. Two churches and a Christian prayer centre were attacked on January 12 by Buddhist mobs, claiming they were illegal and aiming to take Buddhists away from their religion.
Religious Persecution	Evangelicals Now, March 2014

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