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Quakers condemn crackdown on right to protest
11 March 2024
Quakers have joined 45 other groups in writing to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to warn of the chilling effect of new legislation and policing powers.
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Stop tinkering with tax rates and offer real reform to address poverty, charities tell Government
6 March 2024
As the Government announces a 2p cut in national insurance in its 2024 budget, Quakers have joined 90 other organisations in calling for real tax reform.
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Quakers in Criminal Justice urge Labour party to move away from punitive rhetoric
4 March 2024
With a general election due by next January, Quakers in Criminal Justice (QICJ) have urged the Labour party to look beyond retribution to evidence-based rehabilitation.
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Quakers and others say government’s public position on weapons licences to Israel at odds with what it has admitted in litigation
29 February 2024
The government must suspend arms transfers to Israel instead of stating that it has provided no lethal or military equipment, Quakers and others warned this week.
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Quakers cited in Lords debate on right to boycott bill
21 February 2024
Quakers in Britain's “powerful" briefings on the anti-boycott bill were recognised in the House of Lords this week during its second reading.
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Quakers join over 260 organisations calling on House of Lords to block Rwanda Bill
30 January 2024
Along with 260 charities, faiths and civil society bodies, Quakers in Britain called on the House of Lords this week to block the “deeply harmful" Rwanda Bill.