Boris Johnson: leadership expert on why not taking responsibility degrades politics
What is the difference between taking responsibility and bearing responsibility? The former is what the prime minister, Boris Johnson, keeps
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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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Amidst growing humanitarian crisis, CAFOD calls on government to reverse Syrian aid budget cuts
The Head of Humanitarian Policy at a leading Catholic charity is calling for the UK government to reverse its aid
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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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Outsourcing asylum seekers: the case of Rwanda and the UK
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on 4th April 2022 that Britain would relocate some asylum seekers arriving in the
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Chancellor’s Budget is ‘missed opportunity” and government “continues to squander opportunities” say St Vincent de Paul Society
The UK government has come under fire this afternoon after a leading Catholic charity described today’s Budget announcement as “a
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Bishops’ ‘Respond in Prayer’ call over Assisted Dying Bill
The ‘Assisted Dying’ Bill will receive its Second Reading, with full debate, in the House of Lords. If successful, it
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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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