Religion news 5 June 2024

Prison chaplain sings as she skydives; Non-practising Anglicans are “ideal Reform voters”; Taxes are a blessing, bishops tell Sunak and Starmer; Hindu nationalist Modi returns with majority cut
Non-practising Anglicans are ideal Reform voters, says data-cruncher on politics and religion

RMC briefing reviews research on how and why religious groups veer to the political left and right and asks which issues will shift votes in the ’24 General Election
Briefing: Religion and the UK General Election 2024

Faith representatives explained the issues for each religious group which will sway the vote in the UK General Election 2024
Secular schools must allow children to pray, says children’s commissioner

Dame Rachel de Souza says secular schools should be as concerned as faith schools with children’s pastoral, spiritual and moral needs, including providing spaces for prayer.