By George Pitcher2024-03-21T10:30:00
From Lee Anderson’s uncharitable comments about the Mayor of London to the Rwanda policy, economic lack can result in a meanness of spirit, says George Pitcher. But Christ offers a different way
Liam Byrne, the outgoing Labour chief secretary to Gordon Brown’s failed government, notoriously left a note for his successor at his desk in 2010 saying simply: “I’m afraid there is no money left.”
It was meant to be a joke. But naturally it was flourished by the incoming leader of the Conservative-LibDem coalition, David Cameron, as the crass and callous attitude of a Labour government to the public spending of what was, after all, taxpayers’ money.
At the forthcoming general election, which will most probably happen between Easter and Advent, there will be even less than no money left. The UK struggles in the wake of a cost-of-living crisis with the highest tax burden since the second world war.
2024-03-15T11:12:00Z By James Mildred
Concerns are growing that Christian organisations could be blacklisted by the government’s new definition of extremism, says James Mildred
2024-02-19T17:23:00Z By Tim Wyatt
It’s three years since the Church of England pledged a sweeping programme of reform to overturn racist culture in the Church. Following Racial Justice Sunday, Tim Wyatt asks what progress has been made
2023-10-27T12:37:00Z By Tim Dieppe
Antisemitic slogans and declarations of support for Hamas could be seen on the streets of London this past Saturday. Christian Concern's Tim Dieppe says Christians must respond by standing in solidarity with Jewish people
2025-07-18T12:53:00Z By Andy Flannagan
Andy Flannagan introduces a new song for the church, which invites Christians to relinquish control and submit to God’s authority
2025-07-18T10:29:00Z By Billy Hallowell
It’s easy to celebrate when high-profile people express faith in Christ. But what about when they falter? We should be slow to judge and quick to pray for them, says Billy Hallowell
2025-07-18T08:11:00Z By Chris Sinkinson
More than 1,000 people from five different churches gathered on Bournemouth beach last weekend. As 92 people came forward to be baptised, local church leader Chris Sinkinson says that it’s another example of the changing spiritual atmosphere in Britain
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