Church magazine changes name after readers get fed up' with link to Reform UK

"A Protestant church magazine has rebranded from Reform to Reformed after readers got "fed up" with its name being mistaken for Reform UK. The United Reformed Church (URC) announced the change for its national publication after a poll where 86 per cent of readers supported a new name. Stephen Tomkins, the magazine's editor, said: We'd talked about changing the name for a few years as Reform UK became more prominent."

"He added that readers started telling us the name was causing confusion and consternation in local churches. The URC is not attached to any political party and does not want the name of its magazine to suggest that it is, Mr Tomkins said. The URC's General Assembly has taken positions on public issues that are at odds with Reform UK policy, e.g. on migration and asylum, but Reform UK is not the only UK party for whom this is true."

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