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• Home Secretary: discriminatory policies need more than just a rebrand

  3 May 2018

  Quakers in Britain encourage new Home Secretary Sajid Javid to change government's discriminatory policies. They say this is now 'a question of civil rights and liberties, and like every civil rights movement before, Quakers stand on the side of the oppressed.'

• Yearly Meeting may plan to revise book of discipline

  27 April 2018

  More than one thousand Quakers from across Britain are heading to London next week for Yearly Meeting. They may decide to re-write Quaker faith & practice. This is the book of discipline that has guided their work and worship across the centuries.

• Tax should not be seen as a burden, say churches

  23 April 2018

  Quakers are supporting Church Action for Tax Justice (CAT), a new movement for tax justice, launched recently in the House of Lords.

• Meeting house features in story of faith

  13 April 2018

  Walkers on the Dales Way in the Yorkshire National Park come across Farfield Quaker Meeting House unexpectedly, treasuring a place for quiet, unhurried contemplation. This week, Historic England has recognised its historic significance.

• Quakers oppose military action in Syria

  12 April 2018

  Quakers in Britain are urging the UK government not to take military action in Syria and to work for peace instead. Their statement reads:

• Faith leaders urge government to scrap two-child policy

  6 April 2018

  Today, faith representatives – including Paul Parker, Recording Clerk for Quakers in Britain – are urging the government to rethink its two-child limit policy, for child tax credits.

• Gaza killings should be investigated, say Quakers

  6 April 2018

  Amid ongoing violence in Gaza, Quakers in Britain have made this statement:

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