Today, the House of Lords will discuss the addition of the ‘genocide amendment’ to the Trade Bill. This amendment would give the UK high courts powers to decide if a potential trading partner is committing genocide, forcing the Government to refer to this decision before making any free-trade …
Action Over Exclusion
“If you are from a black Caribbean background, you are three times more likely to be permanently excluded from school than other children.” (Theresa May, 2016) Such was the disparity Prime Minister Theresa May highlighted at her Party Conference speech in 2016. Twenty years of official …
Celebrate with us as nuclear weapons are banned under an international treaty
Today is a day of celebration for the Joint Public Issues Team and other advocates for peace around the globe, as the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) comes into legal force. For the 86 countries who have signed the Treaty, and for any more who decide to do so in the …
UK climate commitments: where are we up to?
Where are we at with the UK’s climate commitments? It is hard to predict what 2021 will be shaped by, but it is undoubtable that the impact of COP26 at the end of this year will be significant. The very present realities of the climate crisis remain stark – the impact of Fiji’s latest …
The delayed impact of the debt crisis
In a recent opinion piece in the Guardian (16 December 2020), Phillip Inman and Patrick Collinson suggested that the greatest impact of debt forced onto families by Covid-19 would likely not be felt until 2022. Weighing up the delay on insolvency processes and the temporary impact of Covid …
Advent 4: Mighty God
The year 2020 has been filled with ups and downs and uncertainties, but I am grateful to be alive today and to share my story with all of you. I am Jessica Bwali from Zambia and I am a journalist by profession. This year will go down in my life as one of the years that pushed me to …
A prayer as the Brexit transition period ends
God of allAt this moment of changewe pray for our country, our neighbours, and for your kingdom to come. Where there are new freedoms, may they be used with wisdom and compassionWhere there are new barriers, may we not forget those on the other sideWhere there are new challenges, may we seek …
JPIT’s Review of 2020
2020 has been a strange year, full of news and activities we would never have expected. Looking back, the JPIT team have gathered their favourite books, podcasts, hobbies and more, which got them through this year. Text-only version …
What does Brexit preparedness look like for the EU Settlement Scheme?
We’ve been hearing a lot in the past few months about ‘Brexit preparedness.’ When 2021 starts, the transition period will have ended, and the UK will have left the EU – with or without a deal. The UK Government have been circulating some information about what Brexit preparedness might look like for …
Nehemiah revisited
Chris Butler is a company finance director and a member of Wesley Memorial Church in Oxford. Inspired by the Bible study on Nehemiah 5 at a group exploration session about the Reset the Debt campaign in his church, he imagines an uncomfortable encounter with a modern day …