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Politics

May 27, 2019

Call for an end to ‘Westminster model’ of governance to renew faith in politics

The Electoral Reform Society has set out proposals to rebuild Britain’s democratic system from scratch, in a major new report 10 years since the expenses scandal rocked faith in politics.
November 27, 2018

Nearly two thirds of public believe politics is in need of radical change

The majority of the British public believes that “the old way of doing politics no longer works” and “radical change” is needed, according to polling by YouGov for Unlock Democracy.
November 6, 2018

Ekklesia coverage of the midterm US elections

Good evening and welcome to Ekklesia’s coverage of the 2018 US midterm elections. Tonight we are concentrating on what may be five of the closest, most consequential races.
September 7, 2018

Does the truth prosper among you? A question for our own time

“‘What is truth?’, said Jesting Pilate and would not stay for an answer.” Francis Bacon’s enduring comment on the frustrated Roman functionary, adjudicating the quar
August 9, 2018

The BBC and political journalism

The late Gavin Stamp wrote about architecture for Private Eye, under the pseudonym Piloti. As his obituary said, ‘he was entirely unafraid to offend the stars of the profession’.
July 30, 2018

Camaigners urge an end to parliamentarians taking trips paid for by foreign governments

New report say UK politics is 'wide open' to abuse by malign outside interests.
July 21, 2018

Londoners and Scots share distinct social views, finds research

Londoners hold distinct views to the rest of Britain but share substantial common ground with Scots, according to new findings by the National Centre for Social Research
May 7, 2018

Why social justice is a particular challenge for Christians

Ekklesia’s Director, Simon Barrow, will be exploring the challenging nature of the Christian message as the inspiration for engagement in the world of politics on Wednesday 9th May 2018,
April 16, 2018

New Cambridge institute to tackle policy challenges in our age of disruption

A major gift from Cambridge alumnus and philanthropist Peter Bennett has enabled the launch of a groundbreaking new institute at the University of Cambridge dedicated to researching solutions to some of the greatest challenges facing society in the 21st century.
January 31, 2018

'Faith in Politics' podcast launched

Faith in Politics, a new podcast series which features guests discussing topics from current affairs that link in with faith, has been launched by the Joint Public Issues Team