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New torture revelations 'highlight need for UK inquiry'
Metropolitan police detectives are currently investigating whether MI5 and MI6 officers committed serious criminal offences.
Gordon Brown makes moral and ethical case for aid and development
Gordon Brown has launched Christian Aid Week 2019 at an event in London in which he spoke powerfully about the moral and ethical need for aid and international development, made the case against nationalism and isolation and praised the charity's work across the world.
Success of Syrian resettlement 'shows how much more Britain can do to welcome refugees'
Refugee Action says the UK should build on the success of the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme to make a more substantial contribution to the world's refugee crisis.
Britain has excelled at generating wealth but lower income families 'left behind'
Typical wealth across Britain increased by 13 per cent in real terms in the two years to 2014-16, but wealth inequality remains unacceptably high, the Resolution Foundation said in response to the ONS Wealth and Assets Survey
'Great British Welcome' exhibition shows refugee-hosting as 'win-win'
'Great British Welcome', a series of photographs and texts portraying refugees and their hosts at home in Britain, will be on display at St Martin-the-Fields in London until mid March.
Rowan Williams urges UK to look outwards in time of change
As the 60th anniversary of Christian Aid Week is marked, the former Archbishop of Canterbury and Chair of Christian Aid, Dr Rowan Williams, has urged the country not to turn inwards but to look outwards as Britain forges a new relationship with the world.
Church of Scotland calls for positive debate on EU
The Church of Scotland has called for a positive debate on the EU that considers its role in promoting peace, security and international cooperation.
Grangemouth shows just how broken Britain is
There are three important lessons that we need to learn from the industrial dispute-going-on-catastrophe at the Grangemouth oil refinery, says Robin McAlpine from the Jimmy Reid Foundation. Firstly, industrial ownership in Britain is broken. Secondly, industrial relations in Britain is broken. Thirdly, London's capacity to understand or take an interest in the rest of Britain seems problematic.
BBC to host debate on state of justice in Britain and the world
Beginning in January, BBC Four is hosting a wide-ranging debate on the state of justice in Britain and the world today.
Why the English like Turbans: The Surprising History of Multiculturalism in one Country
Dr David Feldman explores the notion of citizenship in its different aspects, so that our popular notions of citizenship might be placed in dialogue with more theoretical treatements of the concept, a