Three days before his death on 26 July 1833, William Wilberforce learned that the abolition of slavery, a cause for which he had spent decades campaigning, was to become law. It received Royal Assent one month later. The Slavery Abolition Act finally took effect on 1 August 1834, 188 years ago today.
Equality impact assessments aren’t exactly page-turners, but the Department for Education’s recent one on Regulating Independent Educational Institutions was certainly enlightening — worryingly so.
With just two remaining in the race to become the next leader of the Conservative Party, and by extension our next Prime Minister, now is a good time to take a look at each candidate’s voting history on moral issues of concern to Christians.
The list of major denominations that have abandoned the biblical definition of marriage as being between ‘one man and one woman’ is growing.
Is there a place for God in the volatile debate surrounding abortion and ‘reproductive rights’?
A year ago, parents in the Republic of Ireland who aborted their healthy child settled a legal case against medics who had misdiagnosed him with Edwards’ syndrome.
