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December 1, 2018

Refugee Council comments on latest immigration statistics

The Government has issued its quarterly immigration statistics up to the end of September 2018.
November 26, 2018

Quaker community urges faith groups to engage with politicans on Special Rapporteur's findings

As the UN Special Rapporteur on on extreme poverty and human rights unveiled his report last week, Quakers in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, issued a statement, calling on faith groups to engage with politicians on his findings.
November 5, 2018

Call for true source of funding for' Leave' campaign to be established

Transparency International has welcomed the launch of a criminal investigation by the National Crime Agency into the £8 million worth of funding for Better for the Country Limited and the Leave.EU organisation during the 2016 EU referendum.
October 8, 2018

UK's £1bn pay squeeze helped save 800,000 jobs – but next recession could be different

The trade-off for Britain experiencing the sharpest real pay fall of any major advanced economy in the immediate wake of the financial crisis was a smaller than expected rise in unemployment that helped save up to 800,000 jobs, say the Resolution Foundation
October 3, 2018

Wales pushes ahead with plans for votes at 16

There are plans to give 16 and 17 year olds the vote in Welsh Assembly elections.
September 14, 2018

UK’s global partners 'failing to punish corporate bribery'

Six of the UK’s current top ten trading partners are not adequately punishing companies which pay bribes overseas, according to Transparency International.
August 30, 2018

Campaigners accuse May of crossing ‘red line’ on international aid

The Prime MInister's speech is a betrayal of those who campaigned for a proper aid budget as a step towards building a fairer world, say campaigners.
August 24, 2018

Lack of commitment on refugee resettlement post-2020 'putting scheme at risk'

Refugee organisations have called on the Government to expand its successful Syrian resettlement programme.
August 3, 2018

Jewish Voice for Peace responds to attacks which 'dangerously divert attention from real antisemitism'

The American organisation Jewish Voice for Peace which supports full equality for Palestinians and Jewish Israelis, grounded in international law and universal principles of human rights, has issued a statement responding to anti-semitism in the UK and in the US.
July 25, 2018

Huge anti-Trump protests but no room for complacency

A visit by the US president, Donald Trump, on 13 July 2018, sparked huge protests in the UK.