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UK Human Rights Act vital to all, Quakers say
10 December 2022
This Human Rights Day Quakers have joined 157 other organisations in calling on the UK government to protect the Human Rights Act.
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Strong public support for nuclear disarmament education, new poll shows
1 December 2022
With the Doomsday Clock at 100 seconds to midnight, and anxiety about nuclear war running high, new evidence is to be presented in parliament of strong public support for more education on nuclear weapons.
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Fulfil your pledge to govern with integrity, faith leaders urge prime minister
18 November 2022
Quakers in Britain have joined others from across the faith and belief spectrum in calling on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to stand by his pledge to govern with integrity.
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Quakers concerned by Home Secretary’s inflammatory rhetoric and failures in the asylum system
3 November 2022
Quakers are writing to the Home Secretary to express concern that the 'hostile environment' of dangerously over-crowded immigration centres and demonisation of migrants in parliament is fanning the flames of hate.
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Quakers opening warm banks despite ‘rage at necessity’
2 November 2022
Quakers offer meeting houses as warm spaces, but call for solutions which tackle the root causes of fuel poverty.
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Quakers protest government drive to reopen immigration removal centres
19 October 2022
Why is the British government returning to locking up asylum seekers when alternatives are more humane and effective?