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• Prioritise peace, equality and climate justice, Quakers urge Andy Burnham

  22 July 2026

  Quakers in Britain have called on the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham to place peace, equality and climate justice at the centre of his government's policies.

• Bristol Quakers apologise for role in enslavement

  21 July 2026

  Quakers in Bristol have issued a formal apology for their role in the transatlantic trafficking and chattel enslavement of more than 13 million Africans, as part of a growing Quaker movement towards reparation.

• Andy Burnham urged to act on Palestine

  15 July 2026

  Quakers in Britain has joined nearly 20 organisations calling on incoming Prime Minister Andy Burnham to take urgent action on Palestine.

• Quakers call for transparency over Scottish Enterprise human rights checks

  9 July 2026

  Quakers in Scotland have written to the new Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Stephen Flynn MSP, over how Scottish Enterprise checks public money isn't funding human rights abuses.

• Diverse coalition urges PM to rethink military spending

  2 July 2026

  More than fifty humanitarian, climate and peacebuilding organisations are urging Keir Starmer to rethink Britain's growing military spending, ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara.

• Quakers welcome conversion practice ban, but warn of loopholes

  1 July 2026

  Quakers in Britain have welcomed a government draft bill banning conversion practices in England and Wales but warn its current form leaves some room for abuse to continue.

• Armed Forces Day pulls plug on peace stall

  1 July 2026

  Peace campaigners were banned from the national Armed Forces Day event at the last minute this year while the celebration of tanks, helicopters and weapons built to kill went ahead.

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