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general election 2010

  • March 3, 2010

    The Electoral Reform Society has said that new research on voter registration paints a "scandalous" picture, and points to the urgent need to address the underlying reasons why people are not engaging with the political system.

  • March 1, 2010

    Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg MP is the first speaker in a series of Social Justice Lectures hosted by The Salvation Army, aimed at hearing from the main political parties in the pre-election period.

  • February 27, 2010

    There have been some very sweeping and unattributed political claims reported by lovely Ruth Gledhill recently. She of course needs to protect her sources, although it is not clear why they wouldn't want to be identified. But it would be interesting to know where these sources are coming from, because whoever they are, they don’t seem to know what they are talking about.

  • February 27, 2010

    Yesterday, on the eve of their last conference before the general election, the Conservatives unveiled their election slogan – "Vote for change".

  • February 22, 2010

    Politics and personality have always been intertwined in the modern era, says Simon Barrow. The increasing glitz and media saturation makes it even more necessary to look past image towards substance - as in religion, too.

  • February 1, 2010

    The Church of England has advised its clergy not to give the British National Party a platform in church buildings, or even meet with representatives of the racist Party.

  • January 24, 2010

    As few as 16% of British adults with learning disabilities are exercising their right to vote, according to newly published research by the charity United Response. They say that hundreds of thousands are left disenfranchised.

  • January 24, 2010

    Eleven church denominations and agencies have launched a set of online resources designed to help Christians prepare for the forthcoming UK General Election - which many pundits now believe will be called in May.

  • September 29, 2009

    Representatives from the major church denominations will today visit the Labour Party Conference in Brighton to call for public support for sanctuary at the 2010 General Election