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Latest news
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Jocelyn Bell Burnell in conversation
26 May 2018
This week Quakers across Britain are heading for Hay Literary Festival. The impressive line-up of 600 speakers includes Quakers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and author Sally Nicholls.
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Quakers condemn provocative US embassy move
14 May 2018
Amid rising tension and aggression in the region, opening the new US embassy in Jerusalem is an act of provocation as Palestinians mourn the 70th anniversary of the Nakba (catastrophe), say Quakers in Britain.
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Quakers take long hard look at faith
7 May 2018
Quakers in Britain are taking a bold step to rewrite their book of discipline that has guided their work and witness across the centuries.
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Home Secretary: discriminatory policies need more than just a rebrand
3 May 2018
Quakers in Britain encourage new Home Secretary Sajid Javid to change government's discriminatory policies. They say this is now 'a question of civil rights and liberties, and like every civil rights movement before, Quakers stand on the side of the oppressed.'
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Yearly Meeting may plan to revise book of discipline
27 April 2018
More than one thousand Quakers from across Britain are heading to London next week for Yearly Meeting. They may decide to re-write Quaker faith & practice. This is the book of discipline that has guided their work and worship across the centuries.
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Tax should not be seen as a burden, say churches
23 April 2018
Quakers are supporting Church Action for Tax Justice (CAT), a new movement for tax justice, launched recently in the House of Lords.
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Meeting house features in story of faith
13 April 2018
Walkers on the Dales Way in the Yorkshire National Park come across Farfield Quaker Meeting House unexpectedly, treasuring a place for quiet, unhurried contemplation. This week, Historic England has recognised its historic significance.
