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Invite Your MP to church

“GET TO KNOW YOUR MP” CHURCH SERVICE This is a wonderful way to make contact with your MP after their being elected on the 4th July. You may like to send them a congratulations or welcome card – and this … Continue reading

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Congratulate your MP

Send your new or returning MP a card The first few months for a new MP can be challenging as they get established. Whether your MP is new or returning to the role, we are inviting all churches to let … Continue reading

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Dear prospective Prime Ministers: the important issue is poverty not “welfare”

A question was asked in the prime ministerial debate about “welfare”. Much of what was said in response by both candidates was either a gross oversimplification or simply incorrect.  It is telling that the only person who did not fall … Continue reading

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Can I Take My Dog To Vote?

All you need to know before you vote Election Day is rapidly approaching, with an opportunity for us to cast a vote for who we would like to be our local MP, and therefore have a say in who will … Continue reading

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Dignity For All: Demanding Action to End Poverty this General Election

“I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer” – Isaiah 56:7 People need to bear witness to the courage and resilience of those who have lived experience of poverty – Attendee of … Continue reading

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Preparing for the 2024 General Election: Praying and Preaching

“How you doin’?” This famous line from Joey, played by Matt LeBlanc in the late 90s and early 2000s American sitcom Friends, often brings a smile to those who recall the antics that would entail. When we are asked this … Continue reading

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CONVERSATION WELCOME?

At the Joint Public Issues Team we orient our work around six hopes for society, one of which is that politics will be characterised by listening, kindness and truthfulness. While politics has always been a mucky business, the 24 hour … Continue reading

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Global military spending reaches all-time high

On 22 April the global military spending figures for the 2023 were released, and perhaps unsurprisingly, spending has increased across the world, with total global military expenditure reaching $2443 billion in 2023.[1] For the first time, all five continents saw … Continue reading

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Is Britain is suffering from “sick note culture” or from unhelpful rhetoric and tired old policy?

The Prime Minister’s speech and press release on disability benefits last week was depressingly familiar. The formula of “moral mission”, “unsustainable cost”, “toughen-up testing” followed by a bit of “they are gaming the system” has been used repeatedly over the … Continue reading

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Don’t use asylum seekers as a ‘political football’, warn church leaders

Senior leaders from the Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Churches have joined Anglican and Catholic Bishops to express their gratitude for those who work alongside refugees and asylum seekers, in the face of rising hostility and unjust malignment of this … Continue reading

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