The Latest Breaking News from Justin Welby

Lambeth Palace issued a defence of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York.

Last week, a war of words between the Conservative Prime Minister and the Archbishop of Canterbury was not on my bingo card. But this is 2022, and as Donald Rumsfeld almost said, you open your newsletter with the headlines you have, not the headlines you might wish to have.

The prime minister on Tuesday tried to delegitimise Justin Welby’s criticism of the government’s deportation policy

Boris Johnson accused the Archbishop of Canterbury of being ‘less vociferous’ in criticising Vladimir Putin than the Government’s asylum policy.

PM accused Justin Welby and BBC of being harsher on policy than on Putin

Sources said the Prime Minister was more 'bullish' than his statement to Parliament where he apologised dozens of times over Partygate - with one claiming he took a pop at Justin Welby

Sources said the Prime Minister made the attack in a speech to Tory MPs after apologising over his coronavirus fine.

Welby’s invocation of the Almighty only confuses the forces that need mustering against the policy, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Various Conservative MPs objected when Justin Welby criticised the plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. I’m no Christian, but I think I know whose side Jesus would be on