Bishops’ Conference calls for Catholics to help abolish two-child benefit cap
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has renewed its call for the government to scrap the two-child benefit
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Politicians need to start listening, or we could be heading for very troubled times
With the public disorder of this week threatening to escalate into a more nationwide problem this coming weekend, it’s no
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Labour is promising a ‘mission-led’ government, but the real needs are right now
As the dust begins to settle on one of the most remarkable General Elections in living memory, the resounding plea
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CAFOD welcomes new government, but warns urgent action needed to tackle global poverty
The Director of the Catholic international charity CAFOD has welcomed the new Labour government, but has called on legislators to
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CAFOD campaigners deliver ‘Salina’s letter’ to the World Bank’s UK offices
CAFOD campaigners have delivered ‘Salina’s letter’ to the World Bank’s UK offices. The letter was written by Salina, a small-holder
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CAFOD warns that Investments by UK development finance body have ‘harmed society and environment’
Catholic international charity CAFOD has hit out over a government report published today that has revealed “questionable investments” are being
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SVP says UK Illegal Immigration Bill “lacks compassion and humanity” after UN warns new law will harm migrants
The United Nations has warned that the UK Illegal Immigration Bill, which passed into law last night, “will have profound
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Government may want to move on to sorting out the NHS, but their ‘small boats’ problem has just got a whole lot worse, says Joseph Kelly
With his appalling and unethical plan to sell asylum seekers to Rwanda for cash thrown into complete disarray yesterday, it’s
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Report by report, the government and lobby groups are closing in our Catholic education system, says Joseph Kelly
With more than a few cracks starting to open up across his government, PM Rishi Sunak really could have done
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More fundamental questions must be asked about the role of our police in the wake of the Baroness Casey review
The publication this morning of Baroness Louise Casey’s 360 page report into the Metropolitan police has rightly shocked the nation.
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“Stop the boats” is no platform on which to try and rebuild the UK’s battered economy
Understandably, there had been a degree of anticipation – and even vague hope – surrounding Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s all-important economic
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UK aid being wasted on fossil fuel investments, CAFOD tells House of Commons Select Committee
MPs were told today (Tues 24th January) that overseas aid is being spent on fossil fuels, taking away money from
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Government needs to get an urgent grip on healthcare crisis while we still have a service left to rescue, says Joseph Kelly
As the British winter starts to get a grip, our hard-pressed and under-resourced NHS is not only confronting its usual
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St John Paul II knew how to dig a struggling economy out of a cost-of-living crisis, say Joseph Kelly
Listening to Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s announcements this afternoon on tackling the cost-of-living crisis, I couldn’t help feeling that – far
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A short government course in home economics is no solution to the deepening food poverty crisis, says Joseph Kelly
It’s certainly been a strange week in politics, especially when it comes to discussing the cost of living crisis that’s
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Governments may not like faith leaders holding them to account, but it’s a vital restraint, says Joseph Kelly
When Prime Minister Boris Johnson this week accused the Archbishop of Canterbury of having “misconstrued” the policy of sending asylum
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For Prisoners’ Sunday: the Government is playing God with our prisons, by Joseph Kelly
I’ve written a great deal about prisons over the years, and frankly most of it has made for fairly depressing
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