Churches Together in England CTE Presidents’ Statement on the recent violent disorder. Acknowledging anxiety, rejecting racism, thanking peacemakers, calling the nation together. #ChurchesTogether

Snow in Brum!

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Good news for Christmas shoppers from Transport for West Midlands:

🚌 How can bus services be improved to better connect communities outside major cities? We recently launched our inquiry into buses connecting communities, and we want to hear your views.

Free Bus Travel in the West Midlands today:

This is not an accurate description of events at all. I was part of a delegation of speakers, who wished to peacefully carry and lay flowers in memory of children in Gaza who had been killed. This was facilitated by the police. We did not force our way through. When we

Today, our General Secretary, Maryam Eslamdoust, was in parliament with MPs, peers, trade unions, business representatives, & the The Institute of Customer Service talking about the #ServiceWithRespect campaign. Time to stop the abuse of public-facing workers & keep transport workers safe! 💪

I just signed the petition calling on the PM not to cut support for the world’s poorest to pay for more defence spending - tax the ultra rich instead! Can you sign too? 38d.gs/yyde

No British troops should be deployed overseas without a free vote in Parliament.

When Palestine’s 🇵🇸 UN Ambassador Riyad Mansour asked the chilling questions that will echo through history to our eternal shame: “Is our blood cheap? Are our civilians less worthy of protection? Are our lives less sacred?”

Let’s stand with the good people of Israel, and do that by cancelling to sale of all arms to Netanyahu’s government - and do it today!

“The government’s Spending Review presents challenges and is disappointing for the transport sector. Transport is one of the few departments with a real terms cut in its expenditure limit over the five-year review period. tssa.org.uk/news-and-event…

🚨BREAKING: We’re deeply concerned at the use of counter terrorism powers to target protest groups. This is the latest in a succession of measures taken by the UK government to clamp down on protest in the UK.

🎉 Congratulations to Wales on marking 1 year of #FreeSchoolMealsForAll! As First Minister Eluned Morgan says: “It helps [children’s] concentration and wellbeing and enables them to achieve their full potential.” It’s time this Government followed suit. wales247.co.uk/50-million-fre…

Israel committing genocide in Gaza, say Israel-based human rights groups theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…