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Climate activists say 1.5° to stay alive
21 November 2017
Quakers in Britain are calling on the government to face up to the UK's full obligations to tackle climate change.
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Budget call: end austerity now
20 November 2017
Ahead of this year's budget on Wednesday, CLASS think tank is writing an Open Letter to the government, demanding the end to austerity. Quakers in Britain are supporting the letter.
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Faith groups pledge action on climate change
10 November 2017
This week's global gathering on climate change brings politicians and activists to Bonn, Germany. The 23rd annual conference of the parties (COP) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) aims to prevent dangerous global warming. Quakers in Britain have signed statements urging the conference to take urgent action.
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Wearing poppies in hope and remembrance
3 November 2017
In these sombre days of Remembrance, many wear red or white poppies. Some wear both together.
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Gambling reforms raise concerns
31 October 2017
Today a group of Churches and faith-based organisations have welcomed the Government's announcement of a consultation on proposals for changes to gaming machines and social responsibility measures, but warned that the range of options presented for a maximum stake for fixed odds betting terminals is too wide.
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Marking the Balfour Declaration centenary
30 October 2017
This year marks historic anniversaries in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: 100 years since the Balfour Declaration conveying British support for a national homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine; 50 years since the start of the Israeli military occupation of Palestine; and 10 years since the beginning of the blockade of Gaza.