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| Prejudice against Muslims has “passed the dinner-table test” and become widely socially acceptable in Britain, according to Conservative Party chairman Baroness Warsi. In a speech designed to stem “the rising tide of anti-religious bigotry”, Baroness Warsi – the first Muslim woman to attend Cabinet – warned that islamophobia was seen by many Britons as normal and uncontroversial. She said: “for far too many people, Islamophobia is seen as a legitimate, even commendable, thing.” | |
| Social Issues | The Sentinel January 21st 2011 |
| Senior BBC executives spent more than the average UK salary on taxis in just a quarter of a year, figures show. The executives spent a total of around £28,000 on cab fares in the three-month period, according to expense claims. And the figures show BBC creative director Alan Yentob actually spent more on cabs than he did a year earlier. That comes despite a cost-cutting drive across the corporation, including efforts to cut expenses. The average UK salary is around £26,000. | |
| Media | The Sentinel January 21st 2011 |
| Since the 1970s deliberate attempts have been made in Britain to remove the Christian faith from national life, according to a cathedral chief. The claim comes from Lincoln sub dean Alan Sugden in the latest issue of the cathedral chapter letter which will be distributed to members of the minster congregation this Sunday. The 68-year-old canon declares: “There have been deliberate attempts over the past 40 years to remove social controls on behaviour – and, more seriously, to remove the Christian faith from the national life, or at least seriously to marginalize it.” Canon Nugent, who has been Lincoln sub dean since 2003, adds: “The effect if this is in part, the atmosphere of vulgarity in so many aspects of our national life which is increasingly uncontrollable and frightening.” | |
| Church | Church of England Newspaper January 21st 2011 |
| A further 450,000 people will collectively face demands for £180 million from HM Revenue & Customs after underpaying tax through the pay as you earn system, a minister said yesterday. The latest batch of underpayments relates to the 2007/08 tax year, and comes on top of the six million people who under or overpaid tax during 2008/09 and 2009/10. HMRC will write off tax owed when the sum is less than £300, while other taxpayers will be able to make repayments through their salary. | |
| Money | The Sentinel January 12th 2011 |
| At least 60,000 asylum seekers will be lost without trace as the UK Border Agency struggles to clear its backlog of claims, MPs have said. They will be left in limbo as their claims are consigned to a growing pile of applications unlikely to ever be resolved, the Commons Home Affairs Select committee said. Of the 450,000 claims identified in 2006, one in seven “will be concluded on the basis that the UK Border Agency has been unable to trace what has happened to the applicant”, the MPs said. | |
| Social Issues | The Sentinel January 11th 2011 |
| The privatization of the Royal Mail moved a step closer as legislation allowing the business to be sold off cleared the Commons. The Postal Services Bill was given a third reading by 319 votes to 238. Postal Affairs minister Ed Davey insisted private investment was the only way to protect the universal service. He told MPs: “I simply don’t believe it is possible to protect that in the public sector any longer, at least not without increasing levels of tax payer subsidy.” | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel January 13th 2011 |
| Thousands of tanker drivers are to be balloted for industrial action in a row over pay, pensions and working conditions. Unite warned employers that voting was likely to start next month unless the “constant attack” on drivers’ terms and conditions stopped. The union said that over the past few years, contractors responsible for the delivery of oil and petrol supplies to petrol stations and supermarkets across the UK had “squeezed” the pay and conditions of around 3,000 drivers. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel January 15th 2011 |
| Some consultants are making more than £100,000 a year in overtime from the NHS, figures suggest. Documents reported on last night reveal senior doctors frequently earn about £600 for four extra hours of work, on top of their salary and bonuses. Basic pay for consultants in England is £90,000 a year on average, paying for 10 four-hour blocks a week. Those consultants who do private work are also obliged to do an extra four-hour session paid at their basic rate if their NHS trust needs them. Any extra work beyond that attracts a higher rate. | |
| Money | The Sentinel January 14th 2011 |
| The Government’s bill for propping up the banking sector has nearly halved from its peak, but still stands at £512 billion, a report revealed today. The National Audit Office (NAO) said the figure had reduced dramatically from the £955 billion at the height of the fiancial crisis. Today’s findings also revealed that despite the overall reduction in total support, the Government is shelling out a mammoth £5 billion a year in interest on borrowings used to finance the bail out support. | |
| Money | The Sentinel December 15th 2010 |
| New research published this week revealed that the total number of Anglican churches in England has risen for the first time in 10years. The figures, from Christian Research, also reveals growth in Roman Catholic, Baptist and Pentecostal churches. The turnaround is dramatic, as in previous research published by the group there has been a steady decline in Anglican worshippers, prompting Christian Research to predict that as one in five Anglican churches could be declared redundant by 2030. | |
| Church | Church of England December 24th 2010 |
| Halcyon Days when communities centred around their Post Office are now closer than ever before as the Church of England reveals new guidance on how to merge Post Offices with churches. But some churchgoers are worried that the plans will turn the dedicated buildings into noisy commercial centres. The merging of Post Offices which are losing approximately £4m a week-has been happening for around 10years but the new guidance will enable hundreds of churches to take up the idea. It is hoped that the space-sharing idea concept will redevelop communities and introduce church life to those with no previous experience of it. | |
| Social Issues | Church of England December 17th 2010 |
| Rushed plans to axe scores of quangos will neither save money nor improve accountability, MPs warned today. The Government announced in October it was slashing the number of such publicly-funded bodies from 901 to 648. But the Commons public administration select committee savaged the way the review was carried out. The current approach is not going to deliver significant cost savings or result in greater accountability,” the cross party group concluded after a detailed review. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel January 7th 2011 |
| Free nicotine patches are to be offered on the NHS as part of a major drive to help smokers quit their habit in the New Year. Coupons giving smokers a week’s free trial of the patches will be added to "Quit Kits" for the first time, the Department of Health announced. The kits, which also contain items such as calming audio downloads and “health and wealth” wheels showing the benefits of giving up, will be available at participating pharmacies across the country. | |
| Health | The Sentinel December 29th 2010 |
| Hundreds of firefighters’ jobs are threatened with the axe and fire stations with close because of the Government’s cuts, a trade union has warned. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said individual brigades faced having to cut hundreds of jobs in 2011 because its funding has been slashed. It accused Prime Minister David Cameron of breaking a pledge that frontline fire services would not be cut as a result of the austerity measures. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel January 3rd 2011 |
| An attempt to make Scotland the first part of the UK to legalise assisted suicide has been defeated. The controversial End of Life Assistance Bill was voted down by MSPs at Holyrood, despite claims that a majority of the public back such a move. The legislation was put forward by veteran politician Margo MacDonald who suffers from Parkinson’s disease. Following yesterday’s vote, she said: “If I stand next time and I am elected, people will know without any doubt I am going to pursue the idea. | |
| Health | The Sentinel December 2, 2010 |
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