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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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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

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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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UPDATED 13 May to reflect an announcement from the Home Office on one of the issues raised in the episode.
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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/

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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/

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