Welfare reforms: a matter of politics or faith?
Rev Mark Fairweather Tall reflects on the recent changes to tax and welfare benefits introduced by Iain Duncan Smith and asks whether we should assess these changes to be fair or unfair based on our understanding of the Christian faith.
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DWP hotline plea as Norfolk's foodbank use stays high
Between April and September 2016, Norfolk based Foodbanks gave three-day food supplies to 9,024 people in crisis, contributing to a rise in the national use of Foodbanks which has resulted in the Trussell Trust calling for a direct DWP hotline.
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Mission to Seafarers' Norfolk Celebrations
Global maritime welfare charity The Mission to Seafarers has launched its annual Sea Sunday campaign, to celebrate 160 years of caring for seafarers around the world, and some Norfolk churches are taking part.
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Plea to Cameron on 'scandalous' food poverty
The UK’s largest Foodbank network the Trussell Trust, which includes a fast-growing number of centres across Norfolk, has called on Prime Minister David Cameron to launch an urgent enquiry into the ‘scandalous’ level of food poverty in the UK.
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