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title: "BBC 1’s Sunday Morning Live: ‘Should religion should play a bigger role in society?’"
date: "2020-10-06T16:14:24+01:00"
modified: "2020-10-06T16:14:24+01:00"
url: "https://andrewcopson.com/2020/10/bbc-1s-sunday-morning-live-should-religion-should-play-a-bigger-role-in-society/"
post_id: 2320
categories: ["Video"]
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# BBC 1’s Sunday Morning Live: ‘Should religion should play a bigger role in society?’

On Sunday, I was on BBC 1’s Sunday Morning Live to discuss whether religion should play a bigger role in society: a debate reignited by the publishing of a [report](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/sep/24/create-reserve-army-of-volunteers-to-fight-crises-government-told) by Conservative backbencher, Danny Kruger MP. This report calls for religious groups to be given more of a role in public services such as the NHS, social care, and criminal justice.

My answer was clear. We have a thriving voluntary and community sector in the UK with volunteers and staff coming from all sorts of religious and non-religious people. What should unite volunteers and staff in this them is public service and the needs of service users, not any other agenda.