“Stop the boats” is no platform on which to try and rebuild the UK’s battered economy
Understandably, there had been a degree of anticipation – and even vague hope – surrounding Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s all-important economic
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A meaningful Levelling Up strategy needs to address the real issues affecting local communities
This week the government announced the second round of awards in its flagship Levelling Up Fund project. More than 100
Read moreNHS ambulance crisis just confirms that governments don’t see a healthy society as a moral or economic priority
In the early hours of this morning, our front lounge was illuminated by the blue flashing lights of an ambulance
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Everyone’s hopping on the annual poppy appeal bandwagon, but let’s not forget its core purpose, says Joseph Kelly
Tomorrow, “at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month”, Commonwealth member states will stop to observe
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Migration is an urgent and complex issue, but a fundamental change of approach is needed, says Joseph Kelly
When our Lead Bishop for Migrants and Refugees hit out this week at conditions at the Manston refugee centre, he
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Rishi Sunak has made a positive start by halting fracking, but not going to COP27 is a grave error of judgement, says Joseph Kelly
With the appointment of Rishi Sunak as the UK’s latest Prime Minister, there was perhaps some small hope that a
Read moreAs Liz Truss resigns, it’s time to turn our backs on divisive politics and heed some words of advice from Pope Francis, says Joseph Kelly
On Monday this week Pope Francis met with a group of entrepreneurs from Spain, and used the opportunity to share
Read moreIn a world where the truth now seems to be whatever the individual thinks it is – God is the ONLY certainty, says Joseph Kelly
As someone who’s worked in journalism for some 40 years now, much of it in the tabloid arena, I’m no
Read moreCOP27 would do well to heed the concerns of Pope Francis for God’s creation as Vatican formally joins the process, says Joseph Kelly
From 6th to 18th November, Heads of State, ministers and negotiators, climate activists, civil society representatives and CEOs will be
Read moreEconomy of Francesco movement proves there is an alternative model for a just and prosperous society, says Joseph Kelly
With all the financial turmoil and worry that has been consuming the country over the past few days, you’d be
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Latest challenges to RE and Relationships curriculum should be warning to Catholic schools that state partnership is changing, says Joseph Kelly
As the sombre final curtain fell on the second Elizabethan age, much of the outgoing narrative has focussed on the
Read moreThere’s a strong Catholic case for King Charles III being an interventionist monarch, says Joseph Kelly
Whilst the queue of people wanting to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II past seems to be growing by
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This week the world commemorated Hiroshima Day, but the message still isn’t getting through that our nuclear arsenals must go, says Joseph Kelly
In a world that is becoming dangerously unstable for a whole range of reasons, it was inevitable that the rhetoric
Read moreVatican may face hard decisions if tensions in the South China Sea deteriotate any further, says Joseph Kelly
As if the world didn’t have enough to worry about with the recent nuclear annihilation posturing that has been swirling
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Biggest crisis in history of NHS exposes weakness of an “economy that kills”, says Joseph Kelly
Not surprisingly, the focus of the current race to be UK Prime Minister has seen the two candidates focussing on
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As the sun sets on the Johnson era can faith in British politics be revived? asks Joseph Kelly
Yesterday afternoon, in the gladiatorial pit of the House of Commons, Boris Johnson delivered a characteristically bullish valediction as the
Read moreUrgent action is needed to tackle the dark and disturbing world of child trafficking, says Joseph Kelly
“Most people know me as Mo Farah, but it’s not my name or it’s not the reality. The real story
Read moreThe UK’s ramshackle approach to defence spending is doing little to encourage a safer world, says Joseph Kelly
Over the past few weeks I’ve been in Liverpool quite a lot, and a late night stop off on the
Read moreRMT boss has opened up a deep disconnect between society and state that will require radical approaches to reconciliation, says Joseph Kelly
After the forensic verbal exchanges of the past few days, There can be few people in the UK who haven’t
Read moreRwanda flights fiasco highlights government’s increasing loss of moral compass, says Joseph Kelly
For those who were following developments closely, the high drama of Tuesday evening’s Rwanda flight cancellation seemed at times far
Read moreAdversarial politics and an immovable government is creating a real crisis for UK democracy, says Joseph Kelly
After the interminable wait for the Sue Gray report into Partygate, the Conservative Party’s embarrassingly ambiguous confidence vote in the
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