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Lords throw out key elements of Public Order Bill aimed at stifling protest
8 February 2023
The House of Lords this week rejected the worst of the government's draconian Public Order Bill, but many punitive measures remain, including protest banning orders.
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Quakers urge UK Foreign Secretary to consider signing the nuclear prohibition treaty
20 January 2023
On the second anniversary of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), Christian peace organisations are calling on the UK government to back the ban on the weapons.
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Public Order Bill poses new threat to protest rights
17 January 2023
The government has further strengthened its Public Order Bill as it passes into the Lords, offering the police powers to shut protests down pre-emptively.
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Quakers send MPs chocolate and a climate wish list
16 December 2022
MPs have been sent a Christmas wish list and treat urging them contribute to the fund compensating for unavoidable climate impacts agreed at COP27.
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Quakers call on the UK government to stop new Cumbrian coal mine
16 December 2022
More than 450 church leaders and Christian environmental campaigners have signed a letter calling on Rishi Sunak and Michael Gove to rethink a coal mine which received the go-ahead last week.
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Vulnerable people who arrive on our shores should be treated fairly under international law, Quakers say
14 December 2022
Quakers believe that all people are precious, everywhere. Today they speak out yet again against the UK government's plans on migration which continue to embed policies of discrimination into the practices of the British state.