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Quakers urge government to tax polluters before global climate talks
27 June 2025
Quakers in Britain has joined faith and civil society leaders in urging the UK government to tax fossil fuel companies and the very wealthy to fund climate action ahead of COP30.
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Quakers speak out against proposed terrorist proscription of Palestine Action
24 June 2025
Quakers in Britain has voiced deep concerns about the government's plan to designate Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000.
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Quakers support return of Naga ancestral remains from UK museum
19 June 2025
Quakers joined celebrations around the return of Naga ancestral human remains held in the UK in Oxford last week.
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Quaker statement on the escalation of conflict between Israel and Iran
17 June 2025
17 June 2025
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Quakers urge Keir Starmer to act on genocide underway in Gaza
11 June 2025
Quakers in Britain has written to the UK government, stating their belief that genocide is underway in Gaza and reiterating the call for an immediate ban on all arms sales to Israel.
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Lancashire Quakers make first formal apology for role in enslavement
11 June 2025
Lancashire Quakers have become the first in Britain to issue a formal apology for their historic involvement in the transatlantic trafficking and enslavement of African people.