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Blog, Church Statements, Environment · 10 June, 2021

Faith groups call for G7 to use power wisely

As world leaders arrive in Cornwall this week for the G7 Summit, leaders of the Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Churches joined dozens of faith leaders to call on the UK government to use its Presidency of the G7 and of the UN climate talks to drive real progress on addressing the climate …

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Action, Brexit, Church Statements · 24 July, 2019

Church leaders’ letter to the new Prime Minister: a no-deal Brexit is gambling with the basic needs of our poorest citizens

An open letter to the new Prime Minister from leaders of 7 Christian denominations expresses concern that failing to agree a deal on Brexit will “hit those held back by poverty very hard indeed”. The Church leaders say they have been “compelled” to write to the new Prime Minister because of …

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Asylum and Migration, Blog, Welcoming Environment · 16 January, 2019

Rain no barrier to integration of New Scots

In the latest blog about creating a welcoming environment, Sabine Chalmers of Scottish Faiths Action for Refugees writes about the Edinburgh Weekend Club, a regular social integration event for refugees. It was a horrible morning – cold and pouring with rain – and my mind was spinning. We …

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Asylum and Migration, Blog, Welcoming Environment · 11 December, 2018

From hostility to hospitality

Over the last six months, JPIT has been campaigning for an end to the ‘hostile environment’ immigration policies which are causing destitution, discrimination and distrust in our society. But how can our churches play a part in creating a more welcoming environment for migrants? We begin a …

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Meet Your MP, Politics and Elections, Universal Credit · 18 October, 2018

Meet Your MP: Using our voices

In a guest blog, Revd Katy Thomas, a Methodist minister from Wilmslow in Cheshire, writes about her experience of arranging a meeting with her MP last month. At the Methodist Women in Britain Conference earlier this year, Rachel Lampard from the Joint Public Issues Team spoke about Universal …

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Blog, Poverty and Inequality · 23 September, 2018

Why fair trade is in difficulty, and what we need to do

A personal response by Ruth Murray Traidcraft, the pioneering Fairtrade brand that brought us ‘campaign coffee’ and went on to develop huge range of Fairtrade products, has announced that it proposes to cease trading at the end of the year unless a solution can be found. Along with many others …

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Asylum and Migration, Blog, Church Statements · 13 July, 2018

Church leaders call for an end to the hostile environment

Responding to the news that the government has temporarily suspended some of the data-sharing measures which form part of its ‘hostile environment’ approach to illegal immigration, leaders of the Church of Scotland, Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Churches issued the following …

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Asylum and Migration, Blog, Reflection · 12 July, 2018

Have we been complicit in the hostile environment?

A guest blog by Revd Dr Michael N. Jagessar, Secretary for Global and Intercultural Ministries at the United Reformed Church. Michael is a URC minister, theologian, speaker and author, and has lived and worked in Guyana, Jamaica, Grenada, Curacao, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and, since 1999, in …

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Asylum and Migration, Blog, Briefings, Church Statements · 21 June, 2018

Churches urge end to ‘hostile environment’ policies

A group of major Churches is launching a campaign to challenge the government’s approach to illegal immigration, which they say is leading to destitution, discrimination and distrust. The Baptist Union, the Church of Scotland, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church have joined forces …

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Blog, Briefings, Church Statements, Poverty and Inequality · 15 June, 2018

“A benefit system which drives families into debt and leaves people hungry is a failing benefit system” say Churches

Speaking on behalf of the Baptist Union, the Church of Scotland, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church, Paul Morrison commented on the release of the National Audit Office (NAO) report, Rolling out Universal Credit, saying, “Churches have repeatedly expressed concerns about Universal …

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