Faith In Politics

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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

  • 10 Minutes on first-time voters

    07/06/2024 Duración: 11min

    With 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/ 

  • 10 Minutes on the General Election

    24/05/2024 Duración: 10min

    A 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/

  • 10 Minutes on US nuclear weapons on UK soil

    16/05/2024 Duración: 10min

    This 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/

  • 10 Minutes on justice for Rough Sleepers - UPDATED

    09/05/2024 Duración: 14min

    UPDATED 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/

  • 10 Minutes on The Budget

    07/03/2024 Duración: 10min

    Simeon 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/

  • 10 Minutes on voter registration

    01/03/2024 Duración: 11min

    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 * facebook.com/jointpublicissues * youtube.com/publicissues Find out more at http://jpit.uk/

  • 10 Minutes on COP28

    30/11/2023 Duración: 10min

    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: * twitter.com/publicissues * instagram.com/public.issues * facebook.com/jointpublicissues * youtube.com/publicissues Find out more at http://jpit.uk/

  • 10 Minutes on Let’s End Poverty

    16/11/2023 Duración: 09min

    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 * facebook.com/jointpublicissues * youtube.com/publicissues Find out more at http://jpit.uk/

  • 10 Minutes on Ukraine: looking ahead

    03/08/2023 Duración: 09min

    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/

  • 10 Minutes on the Essentials Guarantee

    14/07/2023 Duración: 10min

    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/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/

  • 10 Minutes on the Anti-Boycott Bill

    03/07/2023 Duración: 08min

    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/public.issues * facebook.com/jointpublicissues * youtube.com/publicissues Find out more at https://jpit.uk/

  • 10 Minutes on The Rwanda Plan

    30/06/2023 Duración: 10min

    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-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/

  • 10 Minutes on a Hopeful Manifesto on Poverty

    16/06/2023 Duración: 11min

    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/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/

  • 10 Minutes on a Hopeful Manifesto for Peacemaking

    25/05/2023 Duración: 10min

    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/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/

  • 10 Minutes on a Hopeful Manifesto for the Environment

    15/05/2023 Duración: 09min

    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/ 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/

  • 10 Minutes on a Hopeful Manifesto for Refugees

    05/05/2023 Duración: 11min

    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-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/

  • 10 Minutes on a Hopeful Manifesto for Politics

    03/05/2023 Duración: 09min

    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.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/

  • 10 Minutes on a Hopeful Manifesto for the Economy

    19/04/2023 Duración: 11min

    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.com/public.issues * facebook.com/jointpublicissues * youtube.com/publicissues Find out more at https://jpit.uk/

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