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The Church of Scotland has agreed to investigate the increasing costs of holding funerals, following an intervention at its annual gathering.

At meeting of the Church of Scotland's General Assembly, on 23 May 2013, a report from the Church and Society Council on theology of land in the context of Israel/Palestine was discussed: The inheritance of Abraham? A report on the 'promised land' . There are two broader contextual elements to this report that are worth outlining in brief.

A Justice Forum on welfare and benefit reform, the first of a series organised by the Diocese of Oxford, took place today at the Wesley Memorial Church in Oxford.

When I was in my early teens, canvassing for the Labour Party with my father on the streets of West Cumbria, we had an encounter which has stayed with me.

Lawyers for the UK Government claimed yesterday that it should not be held accountable in British courts for its role in the rendition and torture of Gaddafi opponents in 2004.

We are pleased to announce that as of yesterday, 22 May 2013, Ekklesia's daily e-mail briefing service has resumed.

The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has been urged to help people 'Go For It' through its recently launched community innovation fund.

All the news coming out of Syria at present seems negative, and bound up with remorseless cycles of violence and the huge refugee and internal displacement crisis, which is impacting millions of people.

Tomorrow will see the first court hearing in the case brought by a Gaddafi opponent against the UK Government over its part in 'rendering' him - along with his pregnant wife - to Libya in 2004.

The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland last night voted for a compromise resolution that could permit an individual Kirk Session to call a minister in a civil partnership if it chooses to do so - while maintaining as official policy a doctrine in relation to human sexuality that theoretically excludes partnered lesbian and gay people from ... (more)

The number of people working from home has increased by 13 per cent in the last five years, according to a new Trades Union Congress analysis of official figures published yesterday to mark National Work From Home Day, organised by WorkWise UK.

A former general who presided over a reign of terror in Guatemala during the 1980s has been convicted of genocide.

A UK pharmaceutical firm has announced that it is "putting in place concrete steps" to stop the use of its drugs in executions.

One in nine renters says their health has been affected by their landlord's failure to carry out repairs or deal with poor conditions in their home, new Shelter research has revealed.

Two member churches of the World Council of Churches from Reformed and Lutheran traditions have united to become the United Protestant Church of France.

The Brazilian authorities have evicted Indians from the Belo Monte dam site, where they were protesting for their land rights.

There is nothing complex about the mechanics of truth. Lie or persistently misrepresent the facts and trust will be destroyed.

Investing A 30 billion in infrastructure projects over the next two years would both boost growth in the short term and increase the UK's potential economic output over the longer term, according to new research published today by the Trades Union Congress and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research .

Stephanie Bottrill, 53, wrote suicide notes to her family and stepped in front of a lorry on the motorway near her Solihull home.

Street children in Nicaragua will have the chance to compete in next year's Street Child World Cup in Brazil with the support of the children and young people of the Methodist Church in Britain.