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Church responds to government alcohol announcement
26 October 2017
Paul Morrison, policy adviser for the Methodist Church inBritain, said: "Today the government has announced that it will banbelow-cost alcohol sales. This is a pale reflection of the MinimumUnit Pricing policy, which the government originally co...
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Methodist Church to join major national credit union
26 October 2017
The Methodist Council, meeting in London this week, has agreed to become a partner to the Churches Mutual Credit Union (CMCU).
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Britain has ‘moral responsibility’ to accept Syrian refugees, say Church leaders
26 October 2017
Church leaders are urging David Cameron to rethink government policy on Britain accepting Syrian refugees.
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Tribute paid to Revd Dr Kenneth Greet
26 October 2017
Tribute has been paid to the Revd Dr Kenneth Greet, former Secretary and President of the Methodist Conference, who died yesterday.
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Supporting Ministers who are unwell
26 October 2017
The Methodist Church has produced resources to support ministers experiencing ill health or impairment.
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DWP’s response to Archbishop Vincent Nichols ‘seriously misleading’
26 October 2017
• Welfare reform is set to be the driving force behindincreasing child poverty for the next decade
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‘Let’s get the facts straight’. Yes, Mr Cameron, please do.
26 October 2017
Four major British Churches have criticised David Cameron for neither understanding his Government’s own figures nor recognising the reality of more and more people facing destitution.
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Government provides no credible plan to end child poverty, say Churches
26 October 2017
Three major British Churches have attacked the Government's Child Poverty Strategy, saying that it fails to provide a credible plan to tackle child poverty.
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Churches criticise Budget alcohol announcement
26 October 2017
Three major British Churches have criticised government plans to scrap the alcohol duty escalator as announced in the Chancellor's Budget speech today.
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Helping young people navigate the Bible
26 October 2017
Why bother with the Bible? Can we trust it? What difference does it make to life today? Navigate is a free resource designed to help teenagers explore these questions and engage with the Bible.
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Street Child World Cup Kicks Off Today in Brazil
26 October 2017
Over the past two years, Methodist children and young people have been encouraging local churches to help raise £30,000 for the SCWC by organising fundraising events of their own.
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Call for clarity on use of UK drones by US forces
26 October 2017
Churches are calling for the Ministry of Defence to clarify its deployment of UK drones in Afghanistan.
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