Sinopsis
Join Helen Byrne and Rachel Allison, the Joint Public Issues Team's Parliamentary Interns as they discuss the month's news and interview politicians living out a faith in public life.
Episodios
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10 Minutes on first-time voters
07/06/2024 Duración: 11minWith around 4 million people able to vote in a General Election for the first time in 2024, how can we help young people to engage and make their voices heard? Roo talks to Maya, Youth Assembly Moderator Elect for the United Reformed Church, about her attitude to voting and politics, and what changes she thinks would help young people to get more in touch with our electoral system. UPDATE: Maya has now actually managed to register to vote in UK elections! :D Further reading and action: The View from a Cupboard in Parliament – Joint Public Issues Team (jpit.uk) Elections – Joint Public Issues Team (jpit.uk) Register to vote - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Apply for a free Voter Authority Certificate (if you don't have photo ID) Find us on: * X/Twitter x.com/publicissues * Instagram instagram.com/public.issues * Facebook facebook.com/jointpublicissues * YouTube youtube.com/publicissues Find out more at https://jpit.uk/
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10 Minutes on the General Election
24/05/2024 Duración: 10minA General Election has been called! How should churches and Christians engage? Join Simeon and Sienna as they talk about our call to ‘Love, Pray and Vote’, some of the issues we want to see on the election agenda, and how churches can be part of the democratic process through voter registration and holding hustings. Further reading/resources: https://jpit.uk/election https://www.voterchampion.org.uk/ https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote Find us on: * twitter.com/publicissues * instagram.com/public.issues * facebook.com/jointpublicissues * youtube.com/publicissues Find out more at https://jpit.uk/
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10 Minutes on US nuclear weapons on UK soil
16/05/2024 Duración: 10minThis week, the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, stated that we are closer to nuclear escalation than at any point since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. Is he right and what can be done? In 2008, US nuclear weapons were removed from British soil. Now it looks like the US wants to send them back. Should the British public have a say? Listen to Annie and Steve chat about these current issues. Further reading/resources: https://cnduk.org/lakenheath/ https://scrapweapons.com/ https://jpit.uk/cuba https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXRmkCvUwig&ab_channel=InterfaithStatementontheTPNW Find us on: * x.com/publicissues * instagram.com/public.issues * facebook.com/jointpublicissues * youtube.com/publicissues Find out more at jpit.uk/
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10 Minutes on justice for Rough Sleepers - UPDATED
09/05/2024 Duración: 14minUPDATED 13 May to reflect an announcement from the Home Office on one of the issues raised in the episode. ----- Roo talks to Fr Dominic Robinson and Revd Jennifer Mills-Knutsen, two of London's West End church leaders, about their recent letter denouncing the UK Government's approach to 'nuisance' rough sleeping in the Criminal Justice Bill. Further reading and action: https://jpit.uk/housing-and-homelessness/decriminalising-rough-sleeping https://campaigns.crisis.org.uk/page/142013/-/1 https://housingjustice.org.uk/ Find us on: * twitter.com/publicissues * instagram.com/public.issues * facebook.com/jointpublicissues * youtube.com/publicissues Find out more at https://jpit.uk/
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10 Minutes on The Budget
07/03/2024 Duración: 10minSimeon and Paul discuss the impact they expect The Budget, announced on 6 March 2024, will have on people with the lowest incomes or those who are experiencing poverty or destitution. Further reading and action: https://jpit.uk/responding-to-the-budget-0324 https://letsendpoverty.co.uk/ Find us on: * twitter.com/publicissues * instagram.com/public.issues * facebook.com/jointpublicissues * youtube.com/publicissues Find out more at http://jpit.uk/
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10 Minutes on voter registration
01/03/2024 Duración: 11minSienna 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 * facebook.com/jointpublicissues * youtube.com/publicissues Find out more at http://jpit.uk/
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10 Minutes on COP28
30/11/2023 Duración: 10minAnnie 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: * twitter.com/publicissues * instagram.com/public.issues * facebook.com/jointpublicissues * youtube.com/publicissues Find out more at http://jpit.uk/
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10 Minutes on Let’s End Poverty
16/11/2023 Duración: 09minAnnie 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 * facebook.com/jointpublicissues * youtube.com/publicissues Find out more at http://jpit.uk/
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10 Minutes on Ukraine: looking ahead
03/08/2023 Duración: 09minHannah 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/
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10 Minutes on the Essentials Guarantee
14/07/2023 Duración: 10minRoo 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/guarantee-our-essentials Find us on: * twitter.com/publicissues * instagram.com/public.issues * facebook.com/jointpublicissues * youtube.com/publicissues Find out more at https://jpit.uk/
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10 Minutes on the Anti-Boycott Bill
03/07/2023 Duración: 08minSteve 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/public.issues * facebook.com/jointpublicissues * youtube.com/publicissues Find out more at https://jpit.uk/
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10 Minutes on The Rwanda Plan
30/06/2023 Duración: 10minJPIT’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-migration-bill-2023-briefing https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/illegal-migration-bill Find us on: * twitter.com/publicissues * instagram.com/public.issues * facebook.com/jointpublicissues * youtube.com/publicissues Find out more at https://jpit.uk/
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10 Minutes on a Hopeful Manifesto on Poverty
16/06/2023 Duración: 11minThe 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/report/guarantee-our-essentials https://povertytruthnetwork.org/commissions/commissioners-experiences/ https://church-poverty.org.uk/dignityconference (recordings to be added soon) Find us on: * twitter.com/publicissues * instagram.com/public.issues * facebook.com/jointpublicissues * youtube.com/publicissues Find out more at https://jpit.uk/
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10 Minutes on a Hopeful Manifesto for Peacemaking
25/05/2023 Duración: 10minThe 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/issues/peacemaking/nuclear-weapons https://scrapweapons.com/ Find us on: * twitter.com/publicissues * instagram.com/public.issues * facebook.com/jointpublicissues * youtube.com/publicissues Find out more at https://jpit.uk/
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10 Minutes on a Hopeful Manifesto for the Environment
15/05/2023 Duración: 09minThe 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/ https://www.christianaid.org.uk/get-involved/campaigns/climate-change/loss-and-damage Find us on: * twitter.com/publicissues * instagram.com/public.issues * facebook.com/jointpublicissues * youtube.com/publicissues Find out more at https://jpit.uk/
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10 Minutes on a Hopeful Manifesto for Refugees
05/05/2023 Duración: 11minThe 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-oppose-the-illegal-migration-bill https://jpit.uk/issues/asylum-and-migration https://jpit.uk/issues/asylum-and-migration/lifttheban https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/lift-the-ban/ Find us on: * twitter.com/publicissues * instagram.com/public.issues * facebook.com/jointpublicissues * youtube.com/publicissues Find out more at https://jpit.uk/
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10 Minutes on a Hopeful Manifesto for Politics
03/05/2023 Duración: 09minThe 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.org.uk/DignityConference/ https://fullfact.org/ https://aplecollective.com/ https://jrf.org.uk/ https://povertyinequality.scot/ https://mysociety.org/ Find us on: * twitter.com/publicissues * instagram.com/public.issues * facebook.com/jointpublicissues * youtube.com/publicissues Find out more at https://jpit.uk/
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10 Minutes on a Hopeful Manifesto for the Economy
19/04/2023 Duración: 11minThe 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.com/public.issues * facebook.com/jointpublicissues * youtube.com/publicissues Find out more at https://jpit.uk/