(Updated 6 Nov 2018) In the light of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi there is a renewed public focus on the human rights abuses of the government of Saudi Arabia. See Following the murder of Jamal Khashoggi the UK must halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia. The conflict in Yemen has killed over 10,000 …
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Are you #WithRefugees? Sign the petition today
Today the World Council of Churches have issued an appeal for everyone to sign the #WithRefugees petition, which will be handed in to the United Nations Headquarters before the UN General Assembly meets on 19 September. Sign the petition, to stand #WithRefugees JPIT have produced resources on …
Have we already forgotten about the refugee crisis?
It’s been a busy few weeks in politics, to say the least. What’s happened? Well, Brexit, leadership elections on both sides, and a new Prime Minister, installed just yesterday, for good measure. Can you remember life before the referendum? It seems a long time ago now, and sometimes, it feels …
#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 …
#rethinksanctions:Responding to your MP
Hundreds of people have contacted their MP about Benefit Sanctions. Some of the replies have been positive. The replies which have been less positive have used a shared set of arguments. Below are the arguments used in support of the sanctions regime and our response to them. We hope this may help …
Think Pray Vote… What’s next?
The dust has settled and we now have a new Parliament with many new faces. Your Member of Parliament (MP) has the opportunity to influence decisions at the heart of government and she or he is your link to engaging Parliament in the issues that you care about. We’d like to encourage you to take …
Dear Daily Mail, This isn’t a competition
The Daily Mail has joined the call for the UK 11 billion overseas aid budget to be used to aid people affected by floods in the UK. Of course we are concerned for those in the UK whose homes have been flooded or who find themselves cut off. Every day we hear people’s distress and despair at the …