'When the right to speak out, to organise and to challenge those in power is under attack, we all face a diminished democracy.'

UK civic space ‘at a precipice’

'When the right to speak out, to organise and to challenge those in power is under attack, we all face a diminished democracy.'

by Rebecca Hardy 6th February 2026

Civic spaces are increasingly under threat, civic society groups warned at a Quaker-co-hosted conference at Friends House in London last week.