by Simon Barrow | Jan 17, 2021 | Update
EKKLESIA IS PLEASED to be launching its new website for a new year – our twentieth in operation as a pioneering think-tank (and now change network) on beliefs, ethics and politics. This is the fourth redesign since we appeared on the web in 2002. It also marks a...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 20, 2024 | Briefing
INDIGENOUS rights campaigners have criticised Brazil’s authorities for leaving surviving members of an uncontacted tribe open to attack in one of the most violent areas of the country. The existence of the Kawahiva (who have no interaction with outsiders) was...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 20, 2024 | Briefing
THE UK Government has conceded a claim by environmental group Wild Justice alleging the unlawful grant of licences for the release of gamebirds in and around two protected habitats. Documents disclosed to Wild Justice showed that the licences had been granted against...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 19, 2024 | Briefing
NEW research has found that schools are now the biggest source of charitable food and household aid for families in England struggling with the cost-of-living crisis. The working paper published by the University of Bristol reveals there are more than 4,000...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 19, 2024 | Briefing
A High Court judge has ordered a judicial review of the government’s plan for protecting people, property and infrastructure from the impacts of climate change, following a legal challenge by Friends of the Earth and two people whose lives are already severely...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 18, 2024 | Briefing
THE PROPOSED SALE of Shell’s onshore oil business in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria risks worsening human rights abuses and should be blocked by the government unless a series of safeguards are put in place, says a group of 40 civil society organisations,...
by Staff Writer | Apr 18, 2024 | Briefing
NEW labour market figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that unemployment and economic inactivity are rising, while employment is falling. The number of people not participating in the labour market due to long-term and short-term illness has...
by Admin | Apr 17, 2024 | Briefing
THE UK Government has been urged to pledge new and additional funding to alleviate Ethiopia’s humanitarian crisis. Christian Aid’s Crisis Contexts Lead, Asha Kurien, said: “As a result of repeated climate shocks and conflict, millions of Ethiopians are facing...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 17, 2024 | Briefing
QUAKERS around the world are calling for action to bring about a just and lasting peace in Palestine and Israel. Several Quaker organisations including Quakers in Britain have issued a joint statement condemning the violence in Palestine and Israel and calling for...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 16, 2024 | Briefing
UNIVERSAL CREDIT (UC) is on track to be fully rolled-out to seven million families by the end of the next parliament. Working renters will be the main winners and those with disabilities the main losers from the reform as it faces up to new challenges like rising...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 16, 2024 | Briefing
EU MINISTERS approved a deal on the revised Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) on 12 April, a crucial piece of legislation regulating environmental and health impacts from the most polluting industrial activities. For the very first time in EU environmental...