Lord Shaftesbury: The Great Reformer
Jennie Pollock
Tuesday 15 Feb 2011
Anthony Ashley Cooper was a man who understood what it meant to be Salt and Light in society. The son of a wealthy landowner in an age when Britain’s fortunes were built on the broken backs of the poor, he disappointed his father, was derided by his contemporaries and deprived himself and his family of many of life’s luxuries in his lifelong campaign for social justice.
Christ and Cuts: The Church in ‘Austerity Britain’
Chris Le Marquand
Tuesday 8 Feb 2011
The spending review announced by the Coalition Government in October will be remembered as one of the biggest political events of our generation. In the months and years to come families and individuals could see their incomes reduced, and the public services they have come to rely on scaled back or closed altogether. Public sector job losses and changes to benefits could mean that some families face substantial hardship.
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