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• As wildfires and drought spread, Quakers urge PM to act

  19 August 2026

  Quakers in Britain has joined the UK's leading climate organisations in urging Andy Burnham to prepare the public for the far-reaching changes needed to respond to escalating heatwaves, drought and wildfires.

• Quakers join call to reject Rosebank and Jackdaw oil fields

  18 August 2026

  With Britain enduring its hottest summer on record and many areas facing drought and wildfires, Quakers call on the UK government to reject plans for new North Sea oil and gas fields.

• US Quakers and others sue Trump administration over targeting ICC

  12 August 2026

  The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Human Rights Watch and two other groups have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in a federal court.
  

• Quakers oppose immigration removal centre expansion

  6 August 2026

  The Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN) has urged the Planning Inspectorate to reject Home Office plans to reopen Haslar Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) in Gosport and expand Campsfield House IRC in Oxfordshire.
  

• Quakers in Britain recognised for fairness at work and in business

  4 August 2026

  Quakers in Britain has received Good Business Charter accreditation, a national award that recognises organisations that are well run and treat people fairly.

• Quakers back call for fairer asylum system

  29 July 2026

  Quakers have backed a call from more than 200 organisations for the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham to adopt a “blueprint to fix the broken asylum system".

• Prioritise peace, equality and climate justice, Quakers urge Andy Burnham

  22 July 2026

  Quakers in Britain have called on the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham to place peace, equality and climate justice at the centre of his government's policies.

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