Archbishop of Canterbury says Cardinal-designate Vincent Nichols was giving voice to an 'upswell of feeling' in communities with his warning that benefit cuts are leaving the poor facing 'hunger and destitution'
John Binghamand Matthew Holehouse. Daily Telegraph, 20 Feb 2014
I agree with Giles Fraser’s forthright comments on this “Yes, the church is bloody angry about these attacks on the poor, and rightly so” http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2014/feb/21/church-bloody-angry-attacks-poor
Also comments from the Baptist Union, Methodists and URC
http://www.methodist.org.uk/news-and-events/news-releases/dwp%E2%80%99s-response-to-archbishop-vincent-nichols-%E2%80%98seriously-misleading%E2%80%99
and Church of Scotland
http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/news_and_events/news/2014/church_challenges_prime_ministers_claims_about_welfare_reform