home
radio
Pray| Showing page 9 of 17 1... 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ...17 | Last update: Wednesday 25th March |
| The Government’s approach to tackling anti-social behaviour must be turned on its head, Home Secretary Theresa May said yesterday. Outlining plans which signalled a possible end for anti-social behaviour orders (Asbos) in England and Wales, Mrs May said: “It’s time for us to stop tolerating anti-social behaviour”. Community action must be used instead to bring back a sense of personal and social responsibility, she said. | |
| Politics | ‘The Sentinel’ - July 29, 2010 |
| Politicians from both parties are struggling to prove their moral credentials, as parliamentarians realise they must rediscover their core values before developing policy. The new Community Secretary, Eric Pickles, vowed to bring back Christian values to the centre of Government, in an interview with the Sunday Express. | |
| Politics | ‘Church of England Newspaper’ – July 9, 2010 |
| The Government was last night accused of ignoring the plight of the disabled as chancellor George Osborne signaled more benefit cuts to help tackle Britain’s £149 billion deficit. Following his £11 billion benefits squeeze in the Budget last week, Mr Osborne said he was now looking to achieve further savings from the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) – which is replacing Incapacity Benefit – and Housing Benefit. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel – June 29th 2010 |
| The Government sparked anger from unions and pensioner groups after unveiling plans to extend the pensions age and raised the possibility of people having to work until they were 70 before receiving the benefit. Ministers were accused of making people “work until they drop”, as they said the state pension age for men is set to rise from 65 to 66 from 2016. Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, said: “people will need to work longer.” | |
| Politics | The Sentinel - June 25th 2010 |
| The government should act swiftly to prevent supermarkets exercising an “almost piratical abuse of power”, the Bishop of Wakefield has said. Bishop Stephen Platten also called in the House of Lords for measures to restore the “self-esteem” of farmers. | |
| Politics | The Church Of England Newspaper – June 18th 2010 |
| The Bishop of Derry has said he hopes that those people who suffered the loss of loved ones or injury on Bloody Sunday may now “find peace” following the publication of the Saville Report. Bishop Seamus Hegarty said he welcomed the unequivocal and strong language used in the report to confirm the innocence of the victims who were shot and either killed and injured by the British Army in Derry on January 30th 1972. | |
| Politics | The Universe – June 20th 2010 |
| Changes unveiled in the Queen’s speech to Parliament promise to give ordinary voters unprecedented powers to shape local and national government. By the end of the current parliament, in 2015, the government intends to introduce bills which will: • Abolish biometric ID cards and restrict the use of CCTV and DNA records; • Establish fixed-term, five-year Parliaments; • Hold a referendum on electoral reform; • Create directly-elected representatives for each police force; • Cut numbers for MPs and redraw constituency boundaries; • Give voters new powers to recall unsuitable MPs; • Allow patients more say in the running of their NHS trusts and their own treatment options; • Devolve central government planning powers to local councils and communities; • Enable communities to take over state-run services and set up schools; • Force public bodies to publish their spending details; • Give residents powers to veto council tax rises and force councils to hold referendums on local issues. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel – 26th May 2010 |
| According to a poll published in March, 74% of the population of the UK believes it is wrong for bishops to have reserved places in the House of Lords. The findings came from the first major survey of public opinion with regard to the place of bishops in the House of Lords. | |
| Politics | Evangelicals Now, May 2010 |
| Claims by the British National Party that it is the “guardian of Britain’s Christian heritage” have been stoutly dismissed as “nonsense” by a leading cleric in a multi-ethnic northern diocese. The swipe at the ultra-right wing BNP comes from Canon Sam Randall, Officer for Church in the World to Bishop of Bradford David James. | |
| Politics | The Church Of England Newspaper, Friday, April 30, 2010 |
| The new parliamentary expenses watchdog was last night under fire after ruling MPs should be allowed to carry on employing family members at the taxpayers’ expense. Sir Ian Kennedy, the chairman of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, insisted spouses and other family members provided “good value for money”. The new one-employee limit, which will be introduced once the new Parliament is installed, will cover cohabitees and financial partners as well as spouses and blood relatives. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel, Tuesday March 30, 2010 |
| Two recent surveys have highlighted the potential importance of the religious vote at the next general election. A poll released by the think-tank Theos found that 32 per cent of those polled believe religious freedoms have been restricted in the UK over the past ten years, while 59 per cent disagreed. Another survey by the Evangelical Alliance showed 81 per cent of 18 to 24-year-olds polled at the Soul Survivor Momentum event plan to vote, more than double the percentage of people in that age range who actually voted in the 2005 election. | |
| Politics | Salvationist, 6 March 2010 |
| The Government has announced a new £1 million funding scheme to enable faith groups to increase their influence with local councils. Groups will be able to bid for a share of the Faith Leadership in Government Fund, which is designed to ‘help them develop a bigger voice and strengthen their capacity to challenge and engage government’. | |
| Politics | Salvationist, 3 April 2010 |
| Foreign students from outside Europe wanting to come to the UK to study will be required to meet stricter entry criteria and the new regulations will ensure that students studying below degree level have a limited ability to work in the UK and that their dependants cannot work here at all. This may have a big impact on language schools, the international students with whom Friends International have contact and their work as a whole. | |
| Politics | Evangelicals Now, April 2010 |
| Making girls wear skirts as part of their school uniform is ‘potentially unlawful’, equality bureaucrats said in February. It may discriminate against female pupils who have gender dysphoria and believe themselves to be boys, according to a 68-page report. Officials at the Equality and Human Rights Commission released their guidance in expectation that the new Equality Bill will become law. | |
| Politics | Evangelicals Now, April 2010 |
| The forthcoming General Election will be in breach of human rights unless the Government gives prisoners the vote, Europe’s human rights watchdog warned last night. The declaration from the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers comes six years after judges ruled the UK’s ban on votes for prisoners is illegal. But the ban is still in place and pressure has been mounting for months for it to be repealed. The council said the UK Government should ‘rapidly’ bring in measures to enable prisoners to vote in the forthcoming election. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel, Tuesday March 9, 2010 |
1... 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ...17
Bookmark
Tell a friend
