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Healthcare pressures and transport costs are widening the wealth gap

Jo Trickey Sat 3 Jun 2023 6:50 BST

The LICC's Jo Trickey fears a move further towards a two-tier health system that will leave the most vulnerable at an even greater disadvantage.

The fightback against dangerous transgenderism has begun

Lynda Rose | Sat 3 Jun 2023 6:38 BST

Moves to protect women's sport appear to suggest that the fightback against dangerous transgenderism has at last begun in earnest, but whatever the pressure, it is a battle we must win.
A response to Lord Carey on assisted suicide

James Mildred | Thu 1 Jun 2023 6:06 BST

Lord Carey's position on assisted suicide undermines key biblical doctrines.
Why all the heaven and hell, Lewis Capaldi?

Josh Hinton | Wed 31 May 2023 6:34 BST

We're spiritual beings made by a heavenly God, and our culture still feels the weight of Scripture.
Should Christians give up on football?

Peter Crumpler | Wed 31 May 2023 6:26 BST

As the English Premier League season draws to a close, is the gulf between faith and football now so wide that Christians should be embarrassed about playing any part in 'the beautiful game'?
The state of the nation: figures, faith and futures

J John | Mon 29 May 2023 6:34 BST

There can be no disguising the fact that there is a fundamental problem in British Christianity.
How does international aid make a difference?

Koffi Ahonon | Mon 29 May 2023 6:32 BST

Place of birth shouldn't be the determining factor dictating the direction your future life will take. Sadly though the disproportionate effect of global inequality, as demonstrated in the World Inequality Report, continues to be a reality today.
What is Pentecost and why do we celebrate it?

Neil Rees | Sun 28 May 2023 7:28 BST

Pentecost Sunday falls this year on Sunday 28 May. It's a day in the Church calendar which goes back to the Early Church, and transcends denominational boundaries.
Clergy cuts and the bishops' platform in Parliament

Julian Mann | Sat 27 May 2023 6:03 BST

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby is determined to continue opposing the government's Illegal Migration Bill but for how much longer will Anglican bishops be allowed a platform in Parliament?
A new province for traditionalists in the Church of England?

Martin Davie | Sat 27 May 2023 6:02 BST

In line with the Pauline principle that we should not say to other members of the body of Christ 'I have no need of you' (1 Corinthians 12:12-26), the creation of new province along the lines sketched out here would mean that the Church of England could stay together, says Martin Davie.
Numbers and the revelation at Sinai: counting everyone in

Irene Lancaster | Thu 25 May 2023 6:41 BST

Every individual counts and this is what the 'Numbers' narrative is telling the children of Israel in the second year of their Exodus from Egypt.
Britain's got a sewage problem

Tim Farron | Thu 25 May 2023 6:39 BST

Today – and I hope you aren't eating – I want to talk about sewage! Specifically, the tons and tons of raw sewage that water companies are allowed to pump into our lakes and rivers every day.