Monthly Archives: March 2012

Inclusivity of Faith Schools

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Clive D. Field

‘England’s faith state schools are on average failing to mirror their local communities by shunning the poorest pupils in their area, an analysis by The Guardian of the latest government figures shows’, Simon Rogers wrote on the newspaper’s datablog on … Continue reading →

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Occupy London Eviction

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Clive D. Field

56% of British Christians believe that the anti-capitalist Occupy London protestors at St Paul’s Cathedral should not have been evicted by police and bailiffs, according to a poll from the Bible Society. 29% backed their removal, with 15% unsure what … Continue reading →

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Labour Force Survey

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Professing Christians in this country are declining by one and a half percentage points annually and, on present trends, ‘the number of people with no religion will overtake the number of Christians in Great Britain in twenty years’. This prediction … Continue reading →

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Marriages in England and Wales, 2010

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Although there was a modest (0.4%) increase in the number of marriages solemnized in places of worship in England and Wales between 2009 and 2010, it was less than the 3.7% growth in total marriages. Consequently, the proportion of marriages … Continue reading →

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