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Posted: Fri, 20 Sep 2019
NSS criticises council for giving church £40k amid local opposition
The NSS has criticised a Dorset town council for spending £40,000 on church repairs despite the Church of England's significant wealth....
Posted: Thu, 22 Nov 2018
CoE spent £40m of public money without proper scrutiny, NSS reveals
The government let the C of E spend £40m of taxpayers' money on cathedral repairs without proper scrutiny, NSS research has revealed....
Posted: Fri, 28 Sep 2018
C of E wants unconditional government support for church repairs
The NSS has urged the government not to submit to a Church of England demand for at least £30m per year for church maintenance.
Posted: Thu, 24 May 2018
NSS reiterates call for abolition of chancel repair liability
The NSS has urged the Law Commission to recommend the abolition of a measure which requires landowners to pay for local church repairs.
Posted: Wed, 04 Apr 2018
NSS: church repairs scheme inappropriate given C of E’s wealth
The NSS has said the government did not give the C of E's wealth enough consideration before launching a scheme to fund church repairs.
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Posted: Wed, 10 Jan 2018
Stephen Evans questions the point of a Minister for Faith and says his recent tour of all 42 of England's Anglican cathedrals was a waste of ministerial time and taxpayers' money.
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The Minister for Faith went on a tour of Anglican cathedrals and all we got was a lousy report
Posted: Thu, 04 Jan 2018
The legal requirement to repair church chancels has surprisingly started to impact the Church Commissioners. Here's what they did about it.
The National Secular Society has long campaigned to remove Chancel...
The biter bit: Church of England suffers from Chancel Repair Liability
Posted: Wed, 05 Oct 2016
NSS treasurer Ed Moore writes on the blurred lines between church and state when it comes to taxpayer funding for church repairs, and the vast sums of money being sent from the Treasury to the Church of...
Church of England or Chancellor of the Exchequer: who’s setting the agenda?
Posted: Mon, 19 Sep 2016
Is the Church really as poor as it claims? Ed Moore, treasurer of the National Secular Society, considers the extent of the Church of England's considerable wealth.
A recent news item on the BBC web site...
For richer or poorer – where is the Church of England?
Posted: Tue, 23 Feb 2016