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• Andy Burnham urged to act on Palestine

  15 July 2026

  Quakers in Britain has joined nearly 20 organisations calling on incoming Prime Minister Andy Burnham to take urgent action on Palestine.

• Quakers call for transparency over Scottish Enterprise human rights checks

  9 July 2026

  Quakers in Scotland have written to the new Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Stephen Flynn MSP, over how Scottish Enterprise checks public money isn't funding human rights abuses.

• Diverse coalition urges PM to rethink military spending

  2 July 2026

  More than fifty humanitarian, climate and peacebuilding organisations are urging Keir Starmer to rethink Britain's growing military spending, ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara.

• Quakers welcome conversion practice ban, but warn of loopholes

  1 July 2026

  Quakers in Britain have welcomed a government draft bill banning conversion practices in England and Wales but warn its current form leaves some room for abuse to continue.

• Armed Forces Day pulls plug on peace stall

  1 July 2026

  Peace campaigners were banned from the national Armed Forces Day event at the last minute this year while the celebration of tanks, helicopters and weapons built to kill went ahead.

• Quakers join urgent calls for UK to act on illegal occupation of Palestine

  22 June 2026

  Quakers in Britain has joined a new coalition of churches and faith charities calling on the UK government to act over the occupation of Palestine.

• Court of Appeal backs ban on Palestine Action

  17 June 2026

  The Court of Appeal has ruled that the government's decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist group was lawful, overturning an earlier High Court judgment. Quakers and others warn the ruling risks stifling dissent.

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