The Government's refusal to set up an independent body to help plan for the long-term future of the NHS and adult social care has been branded "perfunctory and Criticising the lack of vision for the...
Rt Rev Stephen Cottrell has said it is not true that he suggested a vicar should leave the Church of England. John Parker, a clergyman in the Diocese of Chelmsford, recently left his position as a sc...
The Church of England has urged the Government not to let tax revenue concerns derail moves to restrict addictive betting machines. The Bishop of St Albans reiterated his support for lowering the max...
The Bishop of Salisbury has signed a petition demanding that climate change be an urgent item on the upcoming G20 summit agenda. Rt Rev Nicholas Holtam is the Church of England's lead bishop on envir...
A Church of England leader has urged the government to have a tighter rein on how the NHS handles mental health. At the Queen's Speech debate, The Bishop of Peterborough, Rt Revd Donald Allister, sai...
The Royal Mint will mark the 65th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne with a range of coins including a design by the Bishop of St Asaph. The specially designed Sapphire Jubilee commem...
The Bishop of Durham has outlined his disappointment in the government after it emerged it had not taken in any unaccompanied Syrian refugee children from Europ In a major policy U-Turn, the Prime Mi...
The Church of England's been told to change the way it deals with allegations of abuse after a damming report found its response to one case was "simply not acc The Elliott Review was commissioned in...
Bishop John Keenan, Bishop of Paisley, will celebrate Mass on a double-decker bus, in Paisley on Saturday. The special bus will end its week-long tour of central Scotland at the cenotaph, Paisley C...
The Bishop of Durham has raised concern over Conservative government plans to double the amount of free childcare offered to working parents, fearing the policy The Childcare Bill, if passed, will do...
The Bishop of Coventry says he is concerned people are forgetting about what is going on in places like Iraq and Syria in the wake of the Ebola crisis. Rt Rev Christopher Cocksworth thinks not enough...
Rt Rev Dr Helen-Ann Hartley was welcomed into the Church of England as the new Bishop of Ripon on Sunday with guests flying in from New Zealand to conduct Speaking to Premier, Hartley said she was ...
A statue commemorating Bishop George Bell will go ahead after an independent investigation ruled the latest abuse allegations against him were "unfounded". Canterbury Cathedral said a planned statue ...
The Bishop of Oxford has provided ten new commandments to govern artificial intelligence (AI) to protect humans. Rev Steven Croft, who sits of the House of Lords select committee on AI, urged the Go...
The Bishop of Lynn, the Rt Revd Jonathan Meyrick, has delivered a sermon from a helter skelter in Norwich Cathedral. The fairground attraction was part of the Cathedral's Seeing It Differently projec...
Rt Rev Graham Usher has been named as the new Bishop of Norwich. The 48 year old will move from his current role as suffragan Bishop of Dudley, in which he has served since 2014. He replaces namesake...
A UK judge has ruled during divorce proceedings that an Anglican bishop hid hundreds of hundreds of thousands of pounds from his wife. Mr Justice Moor, speaking on behalf of Judge Richard Robertson w...
The Bishop of Norwich has met with local leaders to discuss how to tackle the refugee crisis and why Syria matters to Norfolk. As the Syrian conflict continues to force people to flee their homes Rt ...
The Rt Rev Martin Warmer used his first speech in the House of Lords to point out how the arts need funding and young people need housing. Bishop Martin became the Bishop of Chichester in 2012 and ...
A Church of England bishop is being put on trial for treason as part of a mock hearing to mark the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta. On Friday, Rt Revd Christopher Lowson of Lincoln, along with a...
