British Isles
Yorkshire churches enter groundbreaking partnership
Anglican and Methodist churches in Yorkshire have entered into a groundbreaking regional partnership. The Church of England and Methodist Church nationally have been committed to greater cooperation since signing a national covenant in 2003, but this…
Labour’s three-line whip on gay marriage is illiberal
Ed Miliband tells the Evening Standard today that Labour will give ‘wholehearted’ backing to gay marriage and says that churches and religious bodies should be allowed to conduct these ceremonies. At the same time Labour has…
John Sentamu snubbed - Church may take months to name new Archbishop
John Sentamu, the charismatic Archbishop of York, appears to have been snubbed in the hunt for a successor to Rowan Williams, amid claims that church leaders are in ‘deadlock’ and could take months to nominate a…
EU squanders our aid millions
An aid minister has accused the EU of squandering hundreds of millions of pounds of British taxpayers’ cash on countries that are too wealthy to need help. Alan Duncan said that while he shared the public’s…
