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Blog, Church Statements, Environment · 22 September, 2023

Church leaders respond to net zero announcement

In response to the Prime Minister’s announcement on net zero policies, the following joint statement has been issued by the Baptist Union of Great Britain, The Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church. We are dismayed that the Prime Minister is delaying the implementation of policies to …

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Blog, Uncategorized · 20 September, 2023

Introducing Sienna

The red cliffs and river of Gonarezhou (the place of the elephants) in South-East Zimbabwe.

Sienna Sexton is our JPIT/Parliamentary intern for 2023-2024, using half of her time to further the Joint Public Issues Team’s workplan and the other half gaining experience in the parliamentary office of Cat Smith MP. Here, Sienna tells us about her journey of justice-seeking. I have had a very …

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Blog · 14 September, 2023

Introducing Annie

Iona Abbey at sunrise.

I am the JPIT Intern for this year, and I will be helping with the general running of JPIT and with the various projects that JPIT are currently focussing on. I am really excited to be working for JPIT, and to be putting my faith into action every day through my work. There are two main roots in …

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Environment · 30 August, 2023

Loss and Damage in the run up to COP-28

Factories with emissions coming out.

Our headlines are once again inundated with extreme weather reports and dire climate warnings. From raging wildfires to scorching heat and catastrophic storms, one thing is clear: the impacts of climate change are here, with universal consequences.  Over the past 50 years, extreme weather …

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Peacemaking · 20 July, 2023

Conflict Prevention and ‘A New Agenda for Peace’

World flags in front of UN building

Currently, a quarter of humanity is living in places affected by violent conflict, with the world facing the highest number of violent conflicts since the Second World War[1]. We face significant challenges, with the ongoing devastating war in Ukraine, global tensions increasing and new threats …

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Asylum and Migration, Church Statements · 18 July, 2023

The Illegal Migration Bill becomes law

Early this morning, the government’s Illegal Migration Bill passed its final parliamentary stages and will shortly pass into law. Church leaders from JPIT’s denominations have joined with civil society groups and charities in a solidarity statement to mark this moment, and express their concern …

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Politics and Elections · 12 July, 2023

Voter ID: the Consequences

At the local elections in May, voters were required to present photo ID for the first time in England. The changes to the law were introduced by the Conservative Government in the Elections Act 2022. The change was criticised by opposition parties, charities and journalists who said the …

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Peacemaking · 10 July, 2023

Why the US should change course on sending cluster munitions to Ukraine

We urge President Biden not to send cluster munitions to Ukraine. In 2021,  97% of global deaths from cluster munitions were civilians and two thirds of these were children.[1] Unexploded bomblets from cluster munitions litter areas of land posing a threat to children and adults long after a …

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Economy · 22 June, 2023

Interest rate rises: is there another way?

On 22nd June, the Today programme contained an interview with Karen Morgan, an economist who advises the Chancellor and is employed by the financial institution JP Morgan. She gave an admirably honest account of the orthodox view of tackling inflation. In the summary clip here, she states that the …

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Economy, Peacemaking · 19 June, 2023

Banning boycotts and divestments – have we not learned anything from South Africa?

The UK Government has just tabled a bill placing restrictions on Local Authorities and universities that is extraordinary in many ways. The Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill states that central government (not Local Authorities or their constituents or the governing …

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