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Quakers join over 260 organisations calling on House of Lords to block Rwanda Bill
30 January 2024
Along with 260 charities, faiths and civil society bodies, Quakers in Britain called on the House of Lords this week to block the “deeply harmful" Rwanda Bill.
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Government must go further on indeterminate sentences, Quakers say
6 December 2023
Quakers have cautiously welcomed recent changes to the much-criticised Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences.
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Quakers brief parliamentarians on climate justice
15 November 2023
The Make Polluters Pay coalition and Anum Qaisar MP hosted a parliamentary drop-in on 15 November to raise the profile of international climate justice.
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Quakers in Britain finances in good shape
14 November 2023
More was spent on Quaker work in 2022 than in 2021, and with 2023 looking like another strong year, Quakers in Britain will be able to maintain its momentum.
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Quakers disappointed by reversal on climate commitments in King's Speech
8 November 2023
The King's Speech has left Quakers in Britain deeply disappointed and concerned about the UK's commitment to protecting human rights and to taking urgent action in response to climate breakdown.
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Quakers host inaugural UK Reparations Conference
26 October 2023
Quakers in Britain played host to the UK's first reparations conference organized by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Afrikan Reparations (APPG-AR), at Friends House in Euston last weekend.