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February 9, 2016

Mother Knows Best - why David Cameron should listen to his grass roots

Back in November, I was startled to discover that the Prime Minister had urged Oxfordshire County Council not to make cuts.
April 27, 2015

New analysis shows health cuts to hospitals are pushing NHS into the red

Cuts to the prices paid to hospitals for different medical procedures are starving health trusts of income according to new analysis published by the TUC and UNISON.
August 7, 2014

Seven-mile peace scarf protest against Trident replacement

This Saturday, a giant peace scarf measuring seven miles will be stretched between the UK’s two nuclear bomb factories in protest at plans to spend £100bn replacing the Trident nuclear weapons system.
August 1, 2014

Statistics reveal prisons struggling to cope

Ministry of Justice figures show a complex picture of a prison service making heroic strides in some areas while struggling to cope with the impact of rising prison numbers and cuts to prison staff and budgets.
July 8, 2014

Church, worldly values, the 'common good' and war

The ‘common good’ and support for current and former soldiers are among the topics to be discussed at the Church of England’s general synod in July 2014. Savi Hensman suggests that the institutional Church of England in its current form may be too heavily compromised by its closeness to the “principalities and powers” to be fully effective in seeking justice and peace. She argues that it will have to face a death of sorts in order to be renewed in Christ.
April 12, 2014

Global Day of Action on Military Spending challenges assumptions

Peace and disarmament organisations are preparing for the Global Day of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS), which this year is 14 April.
October 6, 2013

Dutch social care shift hits disabled people’s rights

The Netherlands government plans to slash social care funding and put pressure on frail elderly and other disabled people to do ‘voluntary’ work in return for any help they get, the newspaper Volkskrant reported. Austerity measures have already taken a heavy toll, and are hugely unpopular.
September 30, 2013

'Knife-edge nation’ risk as protections for job losses are cut back

Rules to be introduced next month risk turning England into a ‘knife-edge nation’, where losing your job brings the immediate risk of losing your home, Shelter warns.
September 19, 2013

Number of families living in B&Bs at 10-year high in England

The number of homeless families living in emergency bed and breakfast accommodation is at its highest in nearly ten years, says Shelter.
September 19, 2013

Bedroom tax has pushed one in three council tenants into arrears

Nearly one in three council housing tenants affected by the bedroom tax have fallen behind on their rent, according to new figures from False Economy.