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1. Article · Aug 12, 2026 · Ben Chang | Comment Date posted: 13 Aug 2026

   Should the CofE pay slavery reparations? (opens the original)

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   During a recent trip to Ghana, Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally renewed her commitment to a £100 million reparation fund in light of the Church of England’s historic investments in companies involved in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. The fund was originally pledged by Mullally’s predecessor Justin Welby, who argued that the reparations would give a "better and fairer future for all, particularly for communities affected by historic slavery". The topic of slavery reparations has been the

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2. Article · Jul 13, 2026 · Ben Chang | Comment Date posted: 13 Jul 2026

   Do we have a theology of unemployment? (opens the original)

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   Recently, the Government published a report into unemployment amongst young people in the UK. The stark headline figure was that 12.8% of 16- to 24-year-olds, or one in eight, are not in education, employment or training (or “NEET”). In 2021, the figure was 9.7%. This works out at just under one million unemployed young adults in the UK today. This trend in unemployment amongst young people is a huge societal problem. On a national level, it means that the government is receiving fewer tax recei

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