The best way to eradicate child poverty is to measure it justly
Back in 2007, David Cameron had a laudable but quite unattainable vision to ‘make British poverty history’. He failed, of course, just as Gordon Brown failed before him, because…
Child poverty
Tax credit cuts: Bishops regret "short-term impact", but not the PM's sophistry
Tax credits are not given to shirkers, but to strivers. They are paid to the lowest-earning families in society to help them feed their children. There is a 'working tax credit' and a 'child tax credit', and the average…
Cameron's 'One Nation' vision for stronger families is back on track
It was a big 'One Nation' speech yesterday from the Prime Minister. He set out his vision for education and plans for welfare reform while visiting the Ormiston Bolingbroke…
Why doesn't Welby demand abolition of the Common Agricultural Policy?
"I have seen the hunger that stalks our country... it shocks me more than Africa," writes the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Mail on Sunday. In a lucid piece…
Survivors of child abuse need more than just understanding
So, Justin Welby is back blogging again after half a year. It looks as though a meeting with a survivor of abuse has made a significant impact upon him. He…