The Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT) is once again taking part in Greenbelt Festival (27–30 August), this time for the Festival’s final time at Boughton House near Kettering. Members of JPIT have been ...

Ecumenical International Youth Day 2026 will be commemorated on 13 August under the theme “Creating Healing Spaces: R.E.S.T. - Restore, Empower, Strengthen, Thrive,” inviting young people, churches, a...

Almost 40 senior faith leaders from across the UK’s Christian, Jewish, and Muslim communities have united to sign an open letter urging the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham to rethink the Government’s ...

Faith leaders have called on the UK government to step up international efforts to encourage the phasing out of fossil fuels. Senior representatives of the Methodist Church, the Baptist Union and the ...

In a letter to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, 720 faith leaders warned that restrictions on family reunion will push desperate people towards the smuggling gangs the Government is trying to dismantle

Archbishop of Westminster Richard Moth met refugees supported by Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) UK at the Hurtado Jesuit Centre in Wapping and said that the way

“Enduring solutions will not rest on the logic of force, but on the foundations of justice, equality and the right to self-determination.” (Statement from Palestinian Christian leaders in 2025)1.  Cur...

The rise of forms of ‘Christian Nationalism’ in the UK raises a number of significant questions and concerns. On this page we have curated a number of articles and resources to encourage careful liste...

Palestinian music faces systematic erasure. Ahmed Saqer from Palestine Music Expo shares stories from Cairo and Gaza — supporting musicians, replacing destroyed instruments and creating moments of joy...

Supporting churches to respond to the co-option of Christmas by the Far Right Local churches across the UK will already have well-developed plans for celebrating Christmas – both in our church buildin...

What will Unite the Kingdom’s rally really put into Christmas? Every year, there are calls to ‘put Christ back into Christmas’. The gospel good news message of love, peace, goodwill and hope embodied ...

Paul Morrison, Public Issues Advisor for the Joint Public Issues Team, looks at how the Budget will impact poverty, inequality and other justice issues. A Budget that will reduce child poverty The Cha...