Church Action for Tax Justice was launched in the House of Lords on 17 April with the help of Rev Dr Rowan Williams and Methodist Church President Revd Michaela Youngson. It resources churches to include tax justice as a theme in their life and worship. Recently Archbishop Justin Welby …
“Prayer is a Revolutionary Act”
Rachel Lampard reports back from the Labour Party Conference, 22nd - 25th September 2018: “Bring biscuits!” This was one of the new Ten Commandments drawn up by Christians on the Left and launched at last week’s Labour Party conference. These commandments, though light-hearted, were conceived …
Introducing Will
The new JPIT/House of Commons intern introduces himself: Raised in a Christian home, I was blessed to learn from an early age that what matters most is not personal success or material wealth, but how you treat others. Jesus came to offer us a relationship with the living God, based on his love …
A New Chapter – Introducing Bethan
The new JPIT/House of Lords Intern for 2018/2019 introduces herself: I am utterly delighted to have started my time with the Joint Public Issues Team as the JPIT/House of Lords Parliamentary intern for the next year. I am a recent graduate from the University of York where I studied Politics. As …
Who says Christianity and politics don’t mix?
Simeon Mitchell reports on a church leaders delegation to the Liberal Democrat conference. “It’s a party full of real individuals,” commented a seasoned colleague when I imparted the news that I would be accompanying a delegation of Free Church leaders to the Liberal Democrat Party Conference …
Why fair trade is in difficulty, and what we need to do
A personal response by Ruth Murray Traidcraft, the pioneering Fairtrade brand that brought us ‘campaign coffee’ and went on to develop huge range of Fairtrade products, has announced that it proposes to cease trading at the end of the year unless a solution can be found. Along with many others …
Meet new team member, Roo
It’s a privilege to be part of the Joint Public Issues Team. I’m a qualified teacher with experience in nursery, primary and secondary schools, both in Northern Ireland where I’m from and in my adopted home of London. I’ve also spent almost 10 years working full-time for churches of different …
A New Challenge
A new member of the Joint Public Issues Team introduces herself. I’m Hannah, JPIT’s new full-time intern. I recently graduated from the University of Nottingham, where I studied English Language and Literature. I have spent the last three years surrounded by books and getting stuck into student …
Should the government’s power ever be used to create destitution?
Twenty Church leaders have written to Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, to call for an end to the Government’s hostile environment immigration policy because “it is inhumane to use destitution, or the threat of destitution, as a policy tool to encourage people to leave the country.” As we outline in …
Church leaders ask Home Secretary for end to hostile environment
Twenty Church leaders have called for an end to the hostile environment in an open letter to the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid MP. The hostile environment is the web of government policies designed to make life so difficult for people who cannot prove they have the right to live in the UK that they …