Amendments in line with recommendations in the second Commission on Civil Society and Democratic Engagement (CCSDE) report on the government's Transparency in Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning, and Trade Union Administration Bill have been tabled by Lord Harries, the former Anglican Bishop of Oxford, for debate at Committee Stage in parliament on Monday 16 and Wednesday 18 December 2013.
Press Releases
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December 16, 2013Press Office
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December 14, 2013Press Office
As winter comes, the impacts of the government's cuts in social spending and welfare are increasingly tangible, as more and more people struggle to make ends meet.
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December 13, 2013Press Office
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December 13, 2013Press Office
Critical Religion at the University of Stirling is among the subject areas offering Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Doctoral Awards under the Doctoral Training Partnership Scotland schemes in the Arts and Humanities.
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December 12, 2013Press Office
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December 10, 2013Press Office
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December 9, 2013Press Office
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December 9, 2013Press Office
In an important new paper from the Centre for Wefare Reform (http://www.centreforwelfarereform.org), leading independent disability campaigner Kaliya Franklin, part of the Spartacus network, carefully analyses how government policy has undermined the objectivity of the medical assessments on sick and disabled people used by the private medical firm ATOS.
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December 6, 2013Press Office
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December 4, 2013Press Office
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December 3, 2013Press Office
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December 3, 2013Press Office
Today, 3 December 2013, is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, proclaimed by the United Nations.
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December 1, 2013Press Office
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December 1, 2013Press Office
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December 1, 2013Press Office
Ekklesia associate Savitri Hensman will be appearing on the BBC Radio 4 Sunday programme, and then on local station Radio Berkshire, on the morning of Sunday 1 December – talking about the Pilling report on sexuality in the Church of England, and hopefully getting the chance to mention her own important Ekklesia research paper, 'Church views on sexuality: recovering the middle ground'.
