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| "It is easier for a politician to admit to smoking weed or watching porn than it is to admit that they might take prayer seriously in their daily life", said a cabinet minister in mid-December at the Conservative Christian Fellowship lecture. | |
| What famous people say | Evangelicals Now - February 2016 |
| The Education Secretary ordered officials in late December to review home education in England over fears that parents could be ‘poisoning` their children’s minds. | |
| Education | Evangelicals Now - February 2016 |
| Some 42% of parents of children diagnosed with cancer feel their concerns were ignored by GPs, research by cancer charity CLIC Sargent suggests. | |
| Health | BBC News - 11th February 2016 |
| One in eight people have experienced violence at work, according to research published by the TUC today. | |
| Work/Employment | Ekklesia Daily Bulletin - 9th February 2016 |
| According to the findings of a ComRes poll 60% of British adults agree that the Government should give financial support to churches, chapels and meeting houses in order to protect their heritage and history for future generations. | |
| Church | The National Churches Trust - 29th January 2016 |
| According to the findings of a ComRes poll 57% of British adults said that they had visited a church in the past year for religious services, non-religious activities or as a visitor or tourist. | |
| Church | The National Churches Trust - 29th January 2016 |
| According to the findings of a ComRes poll 83% of British adults think that the UK's churches and chapels and meeting houses play an important role for society. | |
| Church | The National Churches Trust - 29th January 2016 |
| A Doctor who was suspended for offering an abortion to a women on the grounds of the child’s gender had his ban lifted in late February. Dr Palaniappan Rajmohan was recorded by undercover journalists from The Telegraph in 2012, offering to arrange an abortion for a women because the child was a girl. | |
| Social Issues | Evangelicals Now – April 2016 |
| Children's untreated mental health issues could spiral into psychiatric problems later in life unless more is done in schools, say head teachers. A snapshot survey of 1,455 English heads suggests two-thirds of primary schools cannot deal with such issues. | |
| Young People | BBC News - 8th February 2016 |
| Although the causes are disputed, there is no denying food poverty remains an issue in modern Britain. According to the Trussell Trust - the biggest foodbank organisation in the country - more than a million three day emergency supplies of food were handed out across the country between April 2014 and April 2015, a figure that has increased dramatically year on year. | |
| Food and Drink | The Sentinel – 18 March 2016 |
| More than three-quarters of children aged 10 to 12 in the UK have social media accounts, even though they are below the age limit, a survey for CBBC Newsround suggests. The study, marking this year's Safer Internet Day, also suggests more than one in five has faced online bullying. | |
| Young People | BBC News - 9th February 2016 |
| It has been heralded as the biggest change in the school system for decades. Chancellor George Osbourne used his budget speech yesterday to reveal that all state schools will be expected to be academies by 2022. Teaching unions claim the plan is an ‘ideological step too far’, which will remove democratic accountability and won’t be in the best interests of children. | |
| Education | The Sentinel – 17 March 2016 |
| The Justice Secretary, Michael Gove, has said he's passionate about the rehabilitation of prisoners because of his Christian faith. He made the comments in Commons after facing criticism from a Conservative colleague, Phillip Davies, who accused him of being too liberal. Gove denied this and said: ‘It's because I'm a Conservative I believe that evil must be punished. But it's also because I'm a Conservative and a Christian that I believe in redemption’. | |
| What famous people say | Bible Society - 29th January 2016 |
| French doctors will be allowed to place terminally ill patients under "deep, continuous sedation altering consciousness until death", in cases where their condition is expected to lead to a quick death. | |
| Health | Christian Concern - 30th January 2016 |
| The High Court has ruled that an opposite-sex couple is not being discriminated against because they are not allowed to enter into a civil partnership. Charles Keidan and Rebecca Steinfeld said they want to be "partners in law", but do not want to marry. The judge dismissed the couple's claim for judicial review, but gave them permission to appeal the decision, saying their case raised issues of "wider importance". | |
| The Law | Christian Concern - 30th January 2016 |
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