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More than 35,000 people say stop children gambling on fruit machines
16 March 2018
More than 35,000 people across the UK say children should bebanned from gambling on fruit machines. But the Government remainsunwilling to make the necessary changes to the Gambling Bill toensure children are fully protected. In just five da...
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Stars to come out for justice in world trade
16 March 2018
Stars from stage, screen and the music world will be amongthousands of people rallying in Westminster on Friday 15 April tocall for Trade Justice not free trade.
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Methodist Church welcomes African Commission report
16 March 2018
Anthea Cox, Co-ordinating Secretary for Public Life and SocialJustice "We must not forget that in Africa thousands die each dayfrom preventable causes, while millions of others are held back inpoverty. We welcome the initiative behind the Af...
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Church questions the process by which UK went to war in Iraq
16 March 2018
Steve Hucklesby, Methodist Secretary for International Affairs:"Two years on, there is still insufficient evidence available aboutthe legality of the war in Iraq. In addition, questions concerningthe ethics of a war that caused at least 20,0...
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Reaching out to London's economic life
16 March 2018
The Methodist Church was a major participant at a recentconference investigating the links between the churches andLondon's economy. More than 90 people representing over 10denominations, as well as observers form others faiths, attendedth...
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Statement on racism
16 March 2018
The Methodist Group charged with responding to the threat ofpolitical extremism and racism made this statement after itsconsultation held in Burnley:
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The death of His Holiness Pope John Paul II
16 March 2018
The Revd Will Morrey, President of the Methodist Conference:"The death of Pope John Paul II is no less than the passing of anera for the Roman Catholic Church, indeed for the whole Christianmovement throughout the world. He was a man of tran...
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Methodist Church warns against using immigration as a political football
16 March 2018
The Methodist Church calls for a sensible debate on immigration,rather than allowing the topic to become an exercise in electionpoint scoring. The Church agrees with the recent concerns of theImmigrant Advisory Service that playing up false ...
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Easter Message from the President of Conference
16 March 2018
The Revd Will Morrey, President of the Conference:
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Methodist Council meeting, April 2005
16 March 2018
The Methodist Council met at High Leigh in Hertfordshire for itslast meeting before the annual Methodist Conference in June. TheCouncil addressed a number of major topics that will now go forwardto Conference.
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The General Election
16 March 2018
Methodist response to the General Election  The Revd Will Morrey, President of the Conference: "In gaining a third term, the Government has won a notable andhistoric victory, but one that comes with greatly reduced supportand...
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New Methodist resource to boost racial awareness training
16 March 2018
The Methodist Church is publishing a new resource aimed atracial awareness training facilitators. The new book, Workersfor the Harvest, is the first published under a new trainingstrategy by the Committee for Racial Justice.
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