Justice

Religious symbols in workplace can be banned, EU Court of Justice rules

THE Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that member states are permitted to ban workers from wearing religious symbols such as the hijab in public workplaces, in the interests of neutrality

08 Dec 2023

Government’s response to Hillsborough report welcome, but falls short of families’ hopes, says Bishop Jones

THE former Bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Revd James Jones, has welcomed the Government’s belated response to his 2017 report on the Hillsborough disaster, but said that he will “continue to press for further action”

07 Dec 2023

Rory Stewart: This world and The Prince in it

Rory Stewart seeks the return of virtue and its exercise to the political sphere

03 Nov 2023

Book review: United in Love: Essays on justice, art, and liturgy by Nicholas Wolterstorff

03 Nov 2023

Good Money Week: how to set up a social enterprise

29 Sep 2023

Photo story: Sitting uncomfortably

15 Sep 2023

Opinion: Reimagine prisons as places of possibility

15 Sep 2023

Leader comment: Courts under attack

14 Jul 2023

Teenagers in the UK among the world’s least optimistic

09 Jun 2023

Living God’s Future Now: Conversations with contemporary prophets, Samuel Wells in conversation

21 Apr 2023

Swearing an oath in court helps get you acquitted, research suggests

04 Apr 2023

Act Justly: Practices to reshape the world by Samuel Wells

25 Nov 2022

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