British Isles
Thursday, 16 February 2023 23:29
Gender-neutral substitutes for God?
The Church of England is considering alternatives to referring to God as ‘he’ after some priests asked to be allowed to use gender-neutral terms instead. The Church is launching a new project on the matter in…
Thursday, 16 February 2023 23:27
Controversial counter-terrorism report
William Shawcross was appointed to review the Prevent counter-terrorism strategy in January 2021. Last week he concluded that Prevent concentrated too much on the far right and not enough on Islamist extremism. But he only attended…
Friday, 10 February 2023 00:08
MPs’ staff distress levels similar to NHS workers
A study of 315 staff working for MPs found that 42% met the clinical definition of experiencing psychological distress, three times higher than in the general population. They face similar levels of psychological distress as frontline…
Friday, 10 February 2023 00:04
Cabinet reshuffle, new department
Rishi Sunak has reshaped the government. Grant Shapps is secretary of state for energy, security and net zero - a new department. The government wants us to be a science superpower, but science has regularly moved…
Friday, 10 February 2023 00:02
UK urged to finance South Sudan peace-building
A Christian Aid poll reveals 53% of British adults agree that the government should be a leader in providing humanitarian aid and commit to financing a peace process in South Sudan. The leaders of Christian Aid,…
Thursday, 09 February 2023 23:59
President Zelensky visits UK
Volodymyr Zelensky's surprise visit to the UK included meeting Rishi Sunak, making a speech in Parliament and having an audience with King Charles. He arrived as Downing Street announced that the UK will train Ukrainian pilots…