Tags: Public Services
Police and Crime Commissioner criticised for awarding tens of thousands of pounds to Christian groups
The National Secular Society has raised concerns about a scheme to "nurture, equip and enable" religious organisations... Read More »
£400,000 Government scheme to “strengthen” faith organisations in Britain
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) is giving away £400,000 to a religious organisation... Read More »
Car park charges “threaten” Christians, according to church leaders
Christian groups have responded angrily to plans by Edinburgh Council to abolish free parking on Sunday mornings.... Read More »
Christian psychiatrist given official warning after forcing her religious beliefs onto vulnerable patients
A Christian psychiatrist has admitted distributing "unsolicited religious material" to her patients, including leaflets... Read More »
Secularists call for an inclusive national ceremony of remembrance
The commemoration of Remembrance Day should be rethought and re-designed to make it a truly inclusive national event,... Read More »
Call to secularise NHS chaplaincy services
Secularists have criticised new draft NHS England chaplaincy guidelines for failing to adequately recognise the needs... Read More »
Church blocks NHS job offer to clergyman over same-sex marriage
The first British clergyman to marry a same-sex partner has had a job offer as an NHS chaplain withdrawn after a Bishop... Read More »
Prison imams found to have links with Islamic extremism
Some of the imams working in UK prisons as chaplains have links with Muslim extremist groups, and may be contributing... Read More »
Prime Minister calls on Christians to be more "evangelical"
In his most recent effort to highlight his strong Christian faith and the importance of Christianity within the UK,... Read More »
Newcastle Council gives church-goers parking permit at a nominal fee
Newcastle City Council has announced that it will not proceed with its plan to completely withdraw free Sunday parking... Read More »
Woking Council issue 'clarification' on worshippers’ parking policy
Woking Borough Council has issued a 'clarification' on its policy that grants car parking exemptions to religious... Read More »
Hospital chaplains largely unaffected by cuts to NHS frontline services
New research into the number of hospital chaplains being paid for out of the National Health Service funds shows that... Read More »
NSS launch legal challenge to worshippers' free parking permits
A legal challenge has been launched against Woking Borough Council's policy of offering free parking to worshippers... Read More »
Romania considers introducing church tax
Media, politicians and, of course, the Orthodox Church, have been frantically debating proposed changes to the public... Read More »
Churches furious at plans to introduce Sunday parking charges
Church leaders in Carmarthenshire have reacted angrily to local authority plans to scrap free Sunday parking.
Carmarthenshire... Read More »
Obama calls religious opt-out in new defence bill “unnecessary and divisive”
President Barack Obama called a conscience clause for military chaplains in the National Defence Authorization Act... Read More »
MPs support bid to restore ‘public good’ presumption of religion
MPs have backed a bid by Conservative MP Peter Bone (right) to amend the Charities Act to restore the presumption... Read More »
Increase in proportion of non-religious in armed forces
Members of the UK's armed forces are still more inclined to claim a religious affiliation and to say they are Christian... Read More »
NSS call on EU Presidents to protect women's right to life
The Presidents of the European Council and European Commission today heard a plea for greater protection for pregnant... Read More »
Tower Hamlets council approves £2 million funding to faith groups
The mayor of one of Britain's poorest boroughs is providing £2 million of funding to religious groups to help... Read More »
Italian Catholic Church to pay property tax from next year
Italy's Catholic Church will be forced to pay taxes starting in 2013 after the EU pressured the country's government... Read More »
Christian debt advice expands as CAB contracts
A Christian debt counselling organisation that offers prayers with its advice is spreading rapidly throughout the... Read More »
Charity Commission is “anti-religious”, claims Tory MP
The Civil Society website reports:
Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke (right) has accused the Charity Commission of trying... Read More »
Welsh Lib Dems call for hospital chaplains to be paid by charitable trust
At their conference in Brecon on 13th October, Welsh Liberal Democrat delegates voted in favour of a motion calling... Read More »
Plans to tax church property in Italy thrown out
Italy's Council of State rejected a decree this week aimed at ending an historic tax exemption for the Catholic Church,... Read More »
