29 June 2017 Week in Brief: UK From the Brexit kitchen QUEEN’S SPEECH: Last week’s Queen’s speech, a two-year programme of 27 measures, 8 of which related to Brexit, omitted many manifesto pledges. Gone was the proposal to means test winter fuel allowance; gone were the plans to replace free school lunches with breakfast;… Continue reading Issue 111: 2017 06 29: Week In Brief: UK
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Issue 46: 2016 03 24: Week in Brief: UK
24 March 2016 Week in Brief: UK DWP: Iain Duncan Smith has resigned as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions following a proposal in the Budget to tighten the criteria for personal independence payments to disabled people of working age. Although Mr Duncan Smith had originally approved the change, he was unhappy at its… Continue reading Issue 46: 2016 03 24: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 37: 2016 01 21: Clash of Cultures at Cologne (John Watson)
21 January 2016 Clash Of Cultures at Cologne Christian or not, children should be taught the principles of Christianity by John Watson If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. No, not tears for the passing of Caesar but tears of sympathy for the unlucky, in this case tears for the ill luck of… Continue reading Issue 37: 2016 01 21: Clash of Cultures at Cologne (John Watson)
Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Schism?
24 September 2015 Schism? Can the differences between the African and American churches be resolved? By John Watson In the eighteenth century the Church of England was described as the Conservative party at prayer, but at the moment it probably has more in common with Labour. That is not just because the Archbishop, a man… Continue reading Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Schism?
