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By Derren Hayes

The thorny issue of whether religion has a place in the caring professions reared its head again this week when a community nurse was suspended for offering to pray for one of her frail patients http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/feb/02/nurse-prayer-suspended.

by Adam McCulloch

There are reports this morning that there has been an outbreak of, as one MP puts it, “lily-liveredness” in schools concerning an anti-forced marriage government poster (pictured).
Some headteachers are concerned that the poster will offend parents, perhaps because forced marriage is associated with particular ethnic groups who may already feel under pressure on other issues.

by Adam McCulloch

Came across this little gem while perusing blog comments on Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams' controversial sharia law speech.

by Lauren Revans

Richard Farnell, a professor at the Applied Research Centre in Sustainable Regeneration at Coventry University, has called for local authorities to help churches, mosques and other faith groups play a bigger role in supporting frontline council services.

Once again we have four feature articles in this weeks issue.

Our lead feature looks at the disparity in pay rises between senior employees and the frontlilne workers. We have the views of four people from different parts of the sector, in our article "Pound for pound the bosses are quids in"