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BAE plea bargain gets unbargained for results
For the first time, a High Court judge has said that arms giant BAE Systems appears to have benefited from corruption – just as the company was hoping to put the accusations behind it.
Quakers thanked
An MP at the forefront of the campaign to raise the military recruitment age has thanked Quakers for drawing his attention to the issue. Julian Huppert, Liberal Democrat MP for Cambridge, last week tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) – a petition of MPs – calling for the age to be...
Short prison sentences don’t work
Short prison sentences neither reform individuals nor cut crime. That is the conclusion of a major survey of prison governors.
Students protest over arms dealers at recruitment fairs
One recent event in Edinburgh was closed after students lay down in front of a stall run by BAE Systems. Graduate recruitment has long been a priority for arms firms, particularly among engineering and management students. But protests are on the increase and the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT)...
Quaker week celebrations
The theme of belief in action was taken up and reflected in many different and imaginative ways by Friends throughout Britain during this year’s Quaker week. Up and down the country Quakers hosted exhibitions and talks focusing on a wide range of subjects including Quaker testimonies of peace and...
A rolling vision
What sort of religious community can we be?
Early Day Motion tabled to increase armed forces recruitment age
Ministers are under pressure from backbench MPs to end the recruitment of sixteen-year-olds into the armed forces. Politicians from several parties are signing a motion on the issue following a campaign pioneered by Quakers and Unitarians.
Campaigners gather to share ideas on religion and peace
Tony Benn has insisted that religion can be a source of peace in the world as well as a source of division. Criticising those who use religion to stir up hatred, the veteran leftwing campaigner emphasised that all major religions teach us to treat others as we wish to be...
Arms company announces job losses
The arms company BAE Systems has announced 1,000 job losses at five sites across England – only weeks after justifying a major arms deal by saying that it would protect British jobs.
Quaker staff earn living wage
British Quakers are doing well when it comes to paying employees a living wage – but they are still behind others who have made a more active commitment. This is the assessment of Church Action on Poverty (CAP), who have compared the practices of major Christian denominations.