The UK Supreme Court has ruled it legal for Scotland to introduce minimum unit pricing (MUP), a policy which targets harmful and hazardous alcohol consumption. This briefing explains what minimum unit pricing is, why it is necessary and encourages individuals and churches to encourage England to …
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The Balfour Declaration: Britain’s Broken Promise
Britain’s Broken Promise “Britain’s Broken Promise: Time for a new approach” was a remarkable event organised by the Balfour Project at Central Hall Westminster. It was remarkable not only in terms of the list of prominent speakers but, even more, for the sober way in which it meticulously exposed …
Brave New World?
It is difficult to escape the feeling that we are living in changing times. Politically speaking, change is the order of the day at local, national and international levels. Elections have yielded some rather unexpected results. We have seen the successes of rank outsiders such as Donald Trump …
Not guilty
Revd Daniel Woodhouse and Sam Walton have been found not guilty at Burnley Magistrates Court Revd Daniel Woodhouse, a Methodist Minister, and Sam Walton who works with the Quakers in Britain have today been found not guilty by District Judge James Clarke. Daniel and Sam, armed with a hammer, …
JPIT briefing ahead of today’s Universal Credit debate (updated January 2018)
Universal Credit will be debated in Parliament today and the JPIT churches have sent a briefing to every MP outlining our concerns. The briefing outlines some of the key problems but the central message is simple: Universal Credit’s processes suit the lives of the relatively well-off, the people …
Universal Credit: Bending the evidence and carrying on regardless
At Prime Minister’s Questions Theresa May defended the roll out of Universal Credit by saying that the new benefit gets more people into work. Since July the Government has used the phrase, “[with] Universal Credit people are moving into work faster and staying in work longer than under the old …
Does the EU want its cake, our cake, the morning croissant and afternoon tea?
As the Conservative Party conference rumbled on this week the European Parliament was discussing the future of the Brexit negotiations. The European Parliament voted to urge the EU not to open the next phase of Brexit talks until a ‘major breakthrough’ had been made in the current negotiations. …
Conversation and Conservatives
This month we have a delegation of church leaders attending each of the four biggest party conferences, alongside The Salvation Army and Quakers in Britain. We have already been to the Labour and Lib Dem conferences. This week: the Conservative Party Whilst the media coverage of party conferences …
Universal Credit – David Gauke’s inadequate answer to a huge problem
Paul Morrison explains why the Universal Credit announcements are not what they seem. Families applying for Universal Credit must wait 6 weeks for their first payment. This is causing huge problems. Families are building up rent arrears, debts and needing help from foodbanks as they wait for …
A Labour ‘Party’
A Labour ‘Party’ This month we have a delegation of church leaders attending each of the four biggest party conferences, alongside The Salvation Army and Quakers in Britain. This blog is about our visit to Labour conference. Click to read about our visits to the Lib …