Gore Lecture with Dr Chris Shannahan

Our fifth annual Gore Lecture in Public Theology will be presented by Dr Chris Shannahan from Coventry University on Child Poverty. Everyone is welcome to join this FREE event.

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Coventry University researchers to investigate the impact of AI on religion and how faiths are responding

Coventry University researchers are exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) is influencing religious beliefs, practices and responsibilities - and whether it is being embraced or resisted by faith ...

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Children in England ‘living in almost Dickensian levels of poverty’

Children’s commissioner says any Labour strategy to tackle deprivation must scrap the two-child benefit cap

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No 10 delays child poverty strategy with tens of thousands more facing hardship

Exclusive: Flagship policy put back until at least autumn amid fears cost of removing two-child benefit cap will outweigh political benefit

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Hundred-year wait for family-size social housing in parts of England, study finds

Charities condemn ‘national scandal’ and call for pledge to build 90,000 social homes a year to meet demand

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Record 4.5m children living in poverty, UK data shows

Government urged to scrap two-child benefit cap after chancellor announces welfare cuts in spring statement

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Repeatedly taking the easy choice on welfare – Joint Public Issues Team

JPIT’s Paul Morrison responds to potential disability benefit cuts. In the November 2024 budget the Chancellor decided to keep the last government’s £3bn of disability benefit cuts which were pencille...

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Benefits cuts now? What’s the point of a Labour MP who votes for something so cruel, tin-eared and short-sighted? | John McDonnell

Treating disabled and sick people callously flies in the face of all the party stands for – the government must rethink its plans, writes the MP John McDonnell

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Tesco to trial giving expiring food away to shoppers

Giving away food will be trialled in some Express stores in an effort to cut waste.

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Benefit system unfair and indefensible, says PM

Some Labour MPs urge ministers to tackle the

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UK populists mix faith and politics with parroting of ‘Judeo-Christian values’

Rightwingers in Britain are beguiled by the potential of religious rhetoric after its use by Trump and Vance in the US

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Families concerned as Grenfell Tower to be dismantled

A campaign group asks how many bereaved people and survivors were consulted over the decision.

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Sign the petition: Britain is not for sale: don't let the likes of Elon Musk meddle in our democracy

🚨 WORLD’S RICHEST MAN BUYING OUR DEMOCRACY 🚨 Elon Musk is set to pump £78m into Nigel Farage’s party—a sum that would allow Reform to flood our politics with targeted ads. Maybe other countries allow ...

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Cardiff: University confirms plans to cut 400 jobs - BBC News

Vice-chancellor Wendy Larner says "it is no longer an option for us to continue as we are".

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Google Maps will change the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America | CNN Business

Google is complying with President Donald Trump’s executive action that renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Soon, the name change will appear on Google Maps.

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Evangelicals Made a Bad Trade

Hitching the evangelical wagon to Donald Trump has meant unhitching it from the life and teachings of Jesus.

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Trump dismisses bishop’s call for mercy; Democratic states sue over birthright citizenship – live

President responds to bishop urging him to show mercy to immigrants and LGBTQ people by saying ‘I didn’t think it was a good service’; states argue president’s order is violation of US constitution

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The world braces for Trump, hoping for the best, unprepared for the worst

His pick for secretary of state may have given measured assessment of world affairs, but ‘crazy’ Trump will call the shots

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Ian Hislop’s unfiltered take on Elon Musk | LBC

YouTube video by LBC

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Judge denies Trump immunity bid over hush money conviction

Mr Trump's lawyers have raised other grounds for dismissal, such as claims of juror misconduct, so the conviction could yet be quashed. If it stands, sentencing might not happen until Trump's second t...

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