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Diocese of Leeds is not in ‘financial crisis’: Bishop Nick Baines is balancing the budget

Apparently the Diocese of Leeds is in a state of "serious financial crisis". Bishop Nick Baines is pacing the cloisters with furrowed brow, anguished about having to sell off one of his cathedrals to make up the £3million shortfall. He…

Welby: “Austerity is a theory for the rich and a reality of suffering for the poor”

March 5, 2018
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In his latest book Reimagining Britain: Foundations for Hope, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby writes: "Austerity is a theory for the rich and a reality of suffering for the…

Church of England dances a jig over Tory Budget 2017

November 23, 2017
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The Church of England has responded to the government's Budget 2017 with a round of effusive applause. In a statement gushing with appreciation, the Bishop of Birmingham, the Rt Rev'd…

Tax credit cuts: Bishops regret "short-term impact", but not the PM's sophistry

October 26, 2015
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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…

The Epistle of St Nigel: Ukip’s crass ‘Christian Manifesto’

April 29, 2015
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Ukip have issued a 'Christian Manifesto'. They haven't issued a Muslim one, or a Hindu one, or a Sikh one, or a Buddhist one. Nor have they issued a…

Sentamu: Jesus would pay the living wage (despite His disciples being unpaid interns)

April 25, 2015
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It is not a divine intervention into the General Election campaign. Even less so is it an episcopal exhortation for the faithful to cast their votes for a particular…

Why do bishops flaunt their Socialism but shroud their Conservatism?

February 19, 2015
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When the Archbishop of York was giving media interviews recently to promote his book On Rock or Sand?, he made clear that "the theology of where I am coming…

Left-wing political bias in the Church is preferable to dumbness

February 3, 2015
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One of the perks of my writing on Christianity, politics and society is that each year I am invited to the Archbishop of Canterbury's annual reception at Lambeth Palace…