Quakers put priorities to new PM
‘We ask Rishi Sunak to bring about fair and sustainable solutions to the most pressing issues affecting our country, people and planet.'
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has written to Rishi Sunak, the new prime minister, urging him to focus on the climate, cost-of-living, peace, and truth.
Acknowledging Rishi Sunak’s pledges on climate and cost-of-living, BYM pressed him to do more to bring about a just transition away from fossil fuels. This includes making polluters pay to support communities and countries worst affected by climate breakdown.
Paul Parker, recording clerk for BYM, said: ‘We ask Rishi Sunak to bring about fair and sustainable solutions to the most pressing issues affecting our country, people and planet. There is no more time to waste. As Quakers, we seek to uphold the prime minister and other political leaders, and work with them to bring about positive change.’
BYM also asked the prime minister to work towards peace in Ukraine and around the world. This includes taking part in negotiations in good faith towards a world without nuclear weapons.
Urging him to take steps to foster the values of truth and intergrity, BYM recalled Rishi Sunak’s words when resigning as chancellor, saying that government should be conducted ‘properly, competently and seriously’.
BYM called for the prime minister to follow through his promise to serve ‘with integrity’ by reappointing an ethics advisor, as he pledged to do during his leadership campaign earlier this year.
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