The United Reformed Church (URC) has added its voice to a campaign to scrap new immigration rules which mean that someone found to be rough sleeping could be deported. 

The rules, which came into effect earlier in the year, give Home Office officials new powers to refuse or cancel a person’s leave to remain in the UK (i.e. their visa), a decision which may lead to removal from the country. These powers can be used if a person has been rough sleeping and has “refused repeated offers of suitable support and engaged in persistent anti-social behaviour.” 

Bookings are now open for URC Youth Assembly 2022, taking place at Whitemoor Lakes, Alrewas, Staffordshire, from 28-30 January 2022.

The Assembly will explore the theme of jubilee through three perspectives: commemorating the past; celebrating the now; creating the future.

More than 200 low-income families have been supported with the high costs of school clothing through a swap shop set up at St Columba's United Reformed Church (URC), Wolverhampton.