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Quakers call on Prime Minister to keep his promise on climate finance
10 July 2023
Quakers in Britain joined 91 other organisations in writing to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to stand by his commitment to a £11.6bn climate finance fund.
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World Bank and UK government heed calls for debt relief for countries hit by climate crisis
30 June 2023
Years of collective calls by Quakers and others have led to the UK government and World Bank offering debt pauses to countries experiencing climate crises.
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Protect the right to boycott unethical companies, Quakers urge MPs
21 June 2023
Quakers have joined nearly 70 civil society organisations in calling on MPs to reject the government's controversial anti-boycott bill, tabled this week.
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Quakers ask Lords to block "back door" attempts to shut down protest
13 June 2023
Quakers have joined 48 other organisations in calling on peers to reject “extreme and chilling" government measures.
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Major UN Committee calls for end to UK military recruitment of children
6 June 2023
United Nations child rights experts have called on the UK to stop recruiting children into the armed forces.
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Quakers support Labour’s pledge to end new fossil fuel projects
5 June 2023
Quakers have joined 139 other organisations in writing to Keir Starmer to support Labour's world-leading pledge to end new oil and gas projects.