Government faces questions over Trident policy

Days after taking power, the coalition government is under pressure over its policy on the Trident nuclear weapons system.

Purple protest perplexes politicians

Politicians and journalists have been taken by surprise as campaigns for electoral reform have leapt into the mainstream.

X marks the spot – Quakers prepare for general election

Quakers across Britain look set to play an active role in the general election, with several Local Meetings involved in running hustings events while a number of national Quaker…

Children of women in prison may lose contact time

The government has come under fire for a reorganisation of women’s prisons that is likely to result in the children of prisoners having less contact with their mothers. …

Punished for thinking?

Friends have criticised the decision of a military court to sentence a former soldier to nine months’ imprisonment for refusing to participate in military action in Afghanistan.…

CND visits fifteen embassies

Members of the Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CCND), including Friends, have called on fifteen London-based embassies to ask what steps their countries are taking…

Same-sex marriage amendment passes in House of Lords

West Yorkshire Quakers speak out for equality

Quakers in West Yorkshire have spoken out against the growing gap between rich and poor. They joined with a range of other church groups to call on politicians to tackle economic…

Religious service for Civil Partnerships draws nearer

Support is gathering behind the amendment to the Equality Bill presented by gay Labour peer lord Alli that would lift the ban on Civil Partnerships taking place in religious…