Over a thousand people, including Muslims as well as people of other faiths, have died as a result of the Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law, since its inception in 1986. This is a call to action. Please write a letter to Pakistan’s Prime minister asking for a repeal of the law. Attached below is a …
Personal and political action on climate change – World’s oldest Methodist Church goes green
Church members and their national church organisations are seeking to protect God’s creation for future generations through both personal and political action. Two programmes, EcoChurch in England and Wales and the Big Church Switch have been established to provide help. Both schemes are …
#Enough: One More Card at Christmas
Thank you to everyone who sent a Christmas Card to Iain Duncan Smith highlighting the need for every child to have #enough. Christmas is over but the Bill that breaks the link between a families needs and the level of support it can recieve from the benefit system is still moving through …
Church leaders call on Governments for ‘credible and sustainable’ transition from fossil fuels
Senior leaders of four major UK Churches have welcomed the Government’s commitment to limiting climate change, and have called for more to be done to keep global warming below 2°C. Leaders of the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Church of Scotland, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed …
Churches’ Response to Government Consultation on Devolving Sunday Trading
The Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church have responded to the Government consultation on devolving Sunday trading rules. To download the response click here …
The killing of Reyaad Khan and Ruhul Amin
Do we want to live in a country where we give the Prime Minister authority to sign off on the killing of British citizens? What danger did Reyaad Khan and Ruhul Amin present to the UK, or does this question not matter because they were Muslim extremists? “Terrorists function outside the law. It …
Truth Justice Peace – Prayer update September 2014
Party conference season is once again upon us, and no doubt the airwaves will be filled with claims, promises, counter-claims and better promises as each party competes for our allegiance at the next general election. The party faithful will gather at a significant time in the political life of our …
DWP Disability Benefit press releases “unfit for work”
The DWP estimates that the level of Incapacity Benefit fraud is less that 0.3% – the lowest of any means tested benefit. Disability benefits have always had a low level of fraud but I have never seen a DWP press release mentioning this – not even a tweet from the increasingly …
Workhouse without walls? the Work for Benefits scheme.
In July 2009 there were 22,000 people who had been unemployed for more than 2 years. The latest numbers (July 2013) show that there are now 206,000 people who are long-term unemployed. It is hard to imagine that this increase was caused by a nationwide outbreak of laziness, poor CVs and bad …