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Quakers back faith leaders’ response to new Child Poverty Strategy
10 December 2025
Quakers in Britain have joined UK faith leaders in welcoming the government's new Child Poverty Strategy, while warning that further action will be needed to deliver lasting change.
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Quakers in Britain reject inhumane and divisive new asylum restrictions
26 November 2025
We are called to love our neighbour. Instead, the Home Secretary has announced further harsh restrictions on the right to sanctuary in the UK.
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Quakers join call for “full-throated defence” of UK human rights protections
6 November 2025
Almost 300 organisations, including Quakers in Britain, have issued an urgent plea to politicians and the UK government to stop scapegoating the UK's human rights framework.
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Quaker climate activist faces deportation
20 October 2025
Quakers are rallying behind climate activist Marcus Decker who is facing deportation thanks to his witness against fossil fuels.
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Quakers concerned over impact of new UK trans guidance on inclusion and rights
2 July 2025
Guidance around trans issues from the UK's human rights commission must uphold the rights and dignity of all, including trans and non-binary people, Quakers in Britain have said.
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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.