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Sienna talks to anti-poverty campaigner Hannah Fremont-Brown on this final episode of our election mini-series. They discuss poverty in the UK and how engagement with candidates and our future MPs can encourage putting the ending of poverty higher up the political agenda of all parties.

Remember to take your voter ID if you vote at a polling station next week!

Further reading and action:

JPIT's elections resources

Let's End Poverty

Accepted forms of ID – Electoral Commission

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Sienna talks to Emma Nash, a Baptist minister and member of the Methodist Mission Team on voting, the local church, mission, marginalisation and hope in politics. Emma shares how her work and ministry influence why she votes, especially from the perspective of churches in marginalised communities. She makes the case that hope is an action that Christians are called to practice.

Further reading and action:

JPIT's elections resources

JPIT's hustings resources

Apply for a voter authority certificate (if you don't have other suitable photo id, deadline 26 June at 5pm for 4 July general election)

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Sienna and Annie discuss universal suffrage, politics and gender equality and being a mosquito.

Huge leaps forwards in gender equality in the UK have been made in the almost 100 years since all women were allowed to vote. However, the gender pay gap remains stubbornly at 8%, women remain underrepresented in leadership positions and in politics, and violence against women remains widespread in society. What next for gender justice in the UK?

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 postal vote (www.gov.uk)

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Do we vote for the benefit of others as well as ourselves? Can a 15-year gap in life expectancy between the wealthiest and poorest be addressed through elections? Sienna talks to Bevan Powell, Director of Inclusion for the Methodist Connexional Team, about being an architect of change and how political engagement by people of faith might help create a more equal future for all.

Further reading and action:

Register to vote (www.gov.uk)

Apply for a postal vote (www.gov.uk)

Elections – Joint Public Issues Team (jpit.uk)

What do you want to see in a General Election manifesto? – Joint Public Issues Team (jpit.uk) 

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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)

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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

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