The Government has told Premier it has "no current plans to ban or restrict" therapies that claim to help gay people become straight. A spokesperson said whilst the Government was "strongly opposed" ...
The Government has made a U-turn over its promise to remove the 50 per cent cap on faith-based free schools. Instead, the cap will remain but funds will be provided for local authorities to create fa...
Lord Bourne, the government's minister for faith, has begun a tour to highlight the country's "diverse landscape of faith communities and places of worship". The tour, which is expected to last throu...
Revd Libby Lane, who'll soon become the Church of England's first female bishop, has been labelled a 'role model' to girls in the country. Speaking in the Commons, Conservative MP Mike Freer asked wh...
Tracey Crouch, the minister for civil society, has told Christian charities they needn't worry about hiding their faith while carrying out services. With concerns that some would miss out on funding ...
A government minister has announced plans to visit every cathedral in England over the course of a year. Communities Minister Lord Bourne said he wanted to highlight the contribution they make the th...
Penny Mordaunt, the International Development secretary has told the Pope to end the Catholic Church's ban on contraception in order to save lives. At a meeting in Rome's Vatican city with senior aid...
It is "very clear" that Ashers Bakery in Belfast did discriminate against a gay man by refusing to make a cake with a slogan in favour of same sex marriage, a g Lord Bourne, Parliamentary Under Secre...
There are fresh calls from a Christian charity that the government reduce the maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) from £100 to just £2. Care has been speaking out after the All-Pa...
The government is being told to spell out its plans on grammar schools by the head of the Association of Christian Teachers. Clive Ireson told Premier's News Hour proposals for just "one or two" were...
A Quaker charity has set out its vision for what it's calling the Brexit generation. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has launched a special five-point plan to try and solve the majority of pover...
The government has announced £250,000 of "small grants funding" for interfaith events and projects. Communities Minister Lord Bourne said it was part of the "Common Good" programme and will gives po...
The Archbishop of Canterbury is warning Christians are sometimes being dismissed by government workers as "a bit bonkers." Some officials have no grip on how faith shapes the way believers live and c...
The government has outlined what it is doing to tackle anti-Christian hate crime in the UK. Answering a question raised by Baroness Berridge, Lord Bourne - who oversees issues of faith for the govern...
Plans which could have seen churches inspected by Ofsted have been abandoned by the government. Ministers had wanted to gain greater control of "out-of-school education settings" in a bid to tackle e...
The government is to write to the Church of England urging bishops not to oppose plans to relax Sunday trading laws restricting the opening hours of large store Currently shops in England and Wales w...
The government has promised to double the money raised by the Christian charity SCIAF during its Lent appeal. Cash raised during the annual 'wee box' appeal goes towards the organisation's work in Af...
Britain has joined with the United States in pledging to ramp up efforts to defeat Islamic State. Militants from the extremist Islamist group have taken over large parts of Iraq and Syria as it attem...
Christian campaigners have welcomed a Government pledge to spend an additional £30 million to speed up the adoption process. It currently takes an average of around 18 months for children in care to...
The UK Government has been urged to use its platform at the United Nations (UN) to highlight incidences around the world where religious freedoms are not being Ministers were warned during a debate ...
