Quakers have expressed disappointment with a committee of MPs who have recommended keeping the minimum age of military recruitment at sixteen. The UK is the only country in Europe…
Friends in Cardiff have supported a compromise in a controversy over the use of their Meeting house.
Conflict over cuts to housing benefit is set to move to the courts. The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has launched legal action against the government.
Quakers were among those marking International Women’s Day on Tuesday.
There has been progress on the issue of ‘discharge as of right’ for young soldiers.
The prime minister has strongly defended his government’s role in the arms trade. His comments follow revelations that the UK authorities had authorised arms sales to a number of…
Quakers in the north-west of England are at the centre of a plan to launch the ‘Fair Trade Way’ as a long-distance footpath this week. The eighty-five mile route begins at…
Fairtrade Fortnight is underway, with events from sales promotions to fashion shows taking place across the country. It will run from 28 February to 13 March.
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