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Sienna and Steve T discuss why voting is important, the potential barriers people might face to voting this year and how churches can become accredited Voter Registration Champions. Further reading and action: https://www.voterchampion.org.uk/ https://jpit.uk/the-view-from-a-cupboard-in-parliament https://jpit.uk/election Find us on: * twitter.com/publicissues * instagram.com/public.issues * faceb...

Annie and Steve talk about the climate-change-focused COP28, which begins today in the United Arab Emirates. They chat about the UK's role, what might happen as a result of the conference and how we can get involved. Further reading and action: https://jpit.uk/cop28 https://www.christianaid.org.uk/get-involved/campaigns/campaign-climate-justice https://makepolluterspay.co.uk/about-us Find us on: *...

Annie asks Hannah Fremont-Brown about her role as the Anti-Poverty Movement Coordinator for the Methodist Church, why ending poverty matters to her, how we can get involved in the Let’s End Poverty movement and why now is the right time for this movement to emerge. Further reading and action: https://letsendpoverty.co.uk Find us on: * twitter.com/publicissues * instagram.com/public.issues * facebo...

Hannah F and Steve H reflect on the war in Ukraine, and what might be ahead as JPIT releases a briefing to support meaningful discussion about the ongoing conflict. Further reading and action: https://jpit.uk/issues/peacemaking/ukraine Find us on: * twitter.com/publicissues * instagram.com/public.issues * facebook.com/jointpublicissues * youtube.com/publicissues Find out more at http://jpit.uk/

Roo talks to Hannah F-B about the Essentials Guarantee, who's behind it, the research that has been done and how a more realistic understanding of how much it costs to live in the UK would make a big difference for people receiving Universal Credit. Further reading and action: > https://www.trusselltrust.org/get-involved/campaigns/guarantee-our-essentials/ > https://www.jrf.org.uk/report/gua...

Steve and Hazel discuss the 'Anti-Boycott Bill' currently progressing through UK Parliament. Who does it target, what is it for and how might it curtail our civil liberties? Read more: > https://jpit.uk/banning-boycotts-and-divestments-have-we-not-learned-anything-from-south-africa > https://bills.parliament.uk/Bills/3475/publications Find us on: * twitter.com/publicissues * instagram.com/pu...

JPIT’s Hannahs talk about the Government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, in light of the news that the Court of Appeal ruled the policy unlawful. Why is the Government pushing on with this policy and what could a compassionate and practical alternative look like? Read more: https://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/information/what-is-the-illegal-migration-bill/ https://www.jcwi.org.uk/illegal-mi...

The Joint Public Issues Team has suggestions for how UK political parties’ election manifestos could be more hopeful and more justice-seeking. In this episode, Hazel and Paul share their hopes for party policies that will reduce poverty. Read more: https://jpit.uk/hopesformanifestos https://jpit.uk/manifestosuggestions https://jpit.uk/poverty https://jpit.uk/?s=universal-credit https://jrf.org.uk/...

The Joint Public Issues Team has suggestions for how UK political parties’ election manifestos could be more hopeful and more justice-seeking. In this episode, Hazel and Steve share their hopes for party policies that contribute to peacemaking. Read more: https://jpit.uk/hopesformanifestos https://jpit.uk/manifestosuggestions https://jpit.uk/aid https://jpit.uk/?s=nuclear+weapons https://jpit.uk/i...

The Joint Public Issues Team has suggestions for how UK political parties’ election manifestos could be more hopeful and more justice-seeking. In this episode, Hazel and Hannah share their hopes for party policies that benefit the environment. Read more: https://jpit.uk/hopesformanifestos https://jpit.uk/manifestosuggestions https://jpit.uk/net-zero-in-my-neighbourhood https://www.hftf.org.uk/ htt...

The Joint Public Issues Team has suggestions for how UK political parties’ election manifestos could be more hopeful and more justice-seeking. In this episode, Hazel and Steve T share their hopes for party policies that humanise and care for refugees. Read more: https://jpit.uk/hopesformanifestos https://jpit.uk/manifestosuggestions https://jpit.uk/refugees https://jpit.uk/1450-church-leaders-oppo...

The Joint Public Issues Team has suggestions for how UK political parties’ election manifestos could be more hopeful and more justice-seeking. In this episode, Hazel and Alfie share their hopes for party policies that encourage a politics characterised by listening, kindness and truthfulness. Read more: https://jpit.uk/hopesformanifestos https://jpit.uk/manifestosuggestions https://church-poverty....

The Joint Public Issues Team has suggestions for how UK political parties’ election manifestos could be more hopeful and more justice-seeking. In this episode, Hazel and Paul share their hopes for political parties' economic policies. Read more: https://jpit.uk/hopesformanifestos https://jpit.uk/manifestosuggestions https://www.kateraworth.com/ Find us on: * twitter.com/publicissues * instagram.co...