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HALF OF ALL CHILDREN IN LONE-PARENT FAMILIES ARE IN RELATIVE POVERTY Half of all children in lone-parent families are now living in relative poverty, according to exclusive research that shows how a decade of … cuts to benefits has left single parents among the most exposed to soaring inflation… The vast majority of the 1.8 million lone-parent families in Britain – almost nine out of 10 – are headed by women. Together, they are raising 3.1 million children – more than a fifth of all children… Relative poverty is defined as having an income of less than 60 per cent of the national median, adjusted for household size. For single parents, this measure of poverty rose by nine percentage points between 2013–14 and 2019–20 to reach 49 per cent… Figures from the charity Child Poverty Action Group show there were 3.9 million children living in poverty in the UK last year… With households across the country facing the worst inflationary shock since the 1980s, charities warned that single mothers were suffering a heavier toll from soaring energy prices and the rising cost of a weekly shop. Victoria Benson, the chief executive of Gingerbread, the charity for single-parent families, said: ‘The pandemic and the cost of living crisis have made their lives much worse, and the welfare system just doesn’t provide the necessary level of support.’ The Guardian
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CHRISTIAN CHARITY HEAD WELCOMES UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME TRIAL FOR CARE LEAVERS IN WALES The head of a Christian children’s charity is welcoming the idea of a universal basic income for teenagers leaving care. From [1 July], care leavers in Wales will be given £1600 a month to help support them… Around 500 18-yearolds will receive the monthly payment as part of a two-year pilot scheme. The Welsh government hopes the guaranteed income will help them overcome challenges such as the threat of homelessness... Ian Soars is CEO of Spurgeons which works with vulnerable families, children and young people. He [said] this could also encourage churches to provide more support for teenagers leaving care... ‘The Church might not be able to step in financially ... but we can step in from a community perspective.’ Premier
PRINCE CHARLES: WORLD AT CROSSROADS BETWEEN LIBERALISM AND TOTALITARIANISM The world stands at a ‘crossroads between totalitarian and liberal societies’, Prince Charles has said, declaring that freedom of religion is a right that must be ‘embedded’ in all areas of life including on social media. The Prince of Wales, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Chief Rabbi and the foreign secretary were among dignitaries to address the International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief in London … which gathered more than 500 ministers and faith leaders from 60 countries... Prince Charles added: ‘Where there is discrimination, we know only too well there is disempowerment, darkness and division. Throughout a large part of my life, the ethnic, cultural and religious diversity which makes up modern Britain and the Commonwealth has been close to my heart.’ The Times
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Salvationist 16 July 2022
Smaller churches have recovered more than larger ones from the effect of Covid lockdowns on attendance, a study published by the Church Pastoral Aid Society (Cpas), based on figures this Easter, suggests. Data [was] submitted immediately after Easter by four dioceses – Lichfield, Oxford, Canterbury, and Rochester – and analysed by Dr Bev Botting, a former head of research and statistics for the national church institutions… Churches with more than 200 people in 2019 had only 69 per cent of their 2019 attendance, but the smallest churches, with fewer than 25 in the congregation, averaged 188 per cent. This was true in each of the four dioceses. Church Times
salvationist.org.uk/media/magazine Issue No 1867
MANAGING EDITOR Ivan Radford
SMALLER CHURCHES HAVE RECOVERED MORE AFTER LOCKDOWNS THAN LARGER ONES, EASTER DATA SUGGESTS
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