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Welfare reform will hit the poorest hardest

Updated 23 October 2015

Quakers in Britain was one of 20 organisations who signed a letter in The Daily Telegraph today outlining our concerns on welfare reform. Parliament is currently considering the Welfare Reform and Work Bill, which proposes a raft of further cuts to our social security system.

Welfare reform will hit the poorest hardest

Quakers take action against military drones

Updated 23 October 2015

In national Quaker Week, Quakers in Britain are protesting against the use of military drones. Saying that all life is sacred, Quakers hold that drones devalue human life and undermine international law.

Our faith in the future

Updated 14 October 2015

Meeting for Sufferings, the representative body for Quakers in Britain, meets on Saturday. Named after its original purpose of recording the sufferings of Quakers imprisoned and tortured for their faith, 'Sufferings' meets six times a year. One hundred Quakers, from the north of Scotland to west Cornwall, gather in the Quaker central offices in London to discern national Quaker work.

Quakers urgently call for safe paths for refugees

Updated 14 September 2015

The representative body of Quakers in Britain, Meeting for Sufferings, has made the following statement in reaction to the unfolding refugee crisis.

Quakers urgently call for safe paths for refugees

Quakers at Greenbelt

Updated 27 August 2015

This year Quakers in Britain is an associate at Greenbelt festival of arts, faith and justice. We're hosting discussions and kite-making workshops as well as storytelling, songs, panel debates and meetings for worship in the Quaker dome.

Quakers oppose expansion of cadets in state schools

Updated 19 August 2015

In July's Budget, the Chancellor announced £50million to expand cadet forces across 500 state schools. This is the latest evidence of the creeping militarisation of schools by the Department for Education.

Quakers oppose expansion of cadets into state schools

Quakers call for action to tackle economic inequality

Created 30 April 2015

Quakers in Britain are calling upon the next government to take urgent action to tackle economic inequality.

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Created 13 April 2015