As the European debt crisis continues, Quakers have joined with other faith groups to sign an open letter calling for debt cancellation and major changes to the world’s…
Church Action on Poverty (CAP) say that the demonisation of poor people in the UK has become so severe that they have decided to make it the focus of this year’s Poverty and…
A group of Friends who aim to set up a Quaker bank have formally registered their business with Companies House. It is called the Quaker Finance Trust.
Quakers are preparing to join with others to mark Holocaust Memorial Day on Sunday. Organisers say it is a chance to learn lessons from the Nazi holocaust and other cases of…
Quakers have welcomed government plans to publish a review on alternatives to the Trident nuclear weapons system. The review, carried out by Liberal Democrat MPs, was promised in…
A Bristol Quaker has been recognised in the New Year Honours list for her work in using therapy to promote social justice.
Quaker business people have called for new laws against corporate tax avoidance. The Quakers & Business Group (Q&B) wrote to George Osborne to ask for ‘changes to UK law…
The home secretary has said she will push ahead with attempts to deport a Nigerian with life-threatening kidney disease. Human rights groups have reacted with dismay to Theresa…
Catholic pacifists have appealed to members of other Christian traditions to join them in an act of witness at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) next month.
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