British Isles

Government figures show that homelessness is up by 13%

12 Dec 2011
The number of households declared homeless so far this year is up by 13 per cent from the same period last year, according to Government figures. According to Homeless Link, the umbrella group for over 500…

Riots could return without effort to reach young people

08 Dec 2011
The Archbishop of Canterbury has warned that last summer’s riots may return unless the government and civil society do more to reach out to young people. Writing in the Guardian, Dr Rowan Williams attributed the unrest…

Guardian editor and MP criticise Bideford prayer case

08 Dec 2011
An assistant editor at The Guardian and the Labour MP Chris Bryant have both hit out at a secularist pressure group’s attempt to ban a local council from saying prayers. Last week the National Secular Society…

English RC leader welcomes ‘Scotland for Marriage’

08 Dec 2011
A campaign group which is seeking to preserve the definition of marriage for Scotland has been welcomed by the head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales. Archbishop Vincent Nichols said the group’s name,…