by Agency Reporter | Jun 4, 2024 | Briefing
SOCIAL rents in England are 64 per cent more affordable than private rents, with social tenants having to pay on average £828 less per month in rent than private tenants, new analysis by Shelter reveals. The charity’s analysis of the latest government rent data...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 4, 2024 | Briefing
THE scale of automatic debt repayments administered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) means that, across all families receiving universal credit (UC), the basic payment is on average 8 per cent lower than the official figure, according to analysis...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 3, 2024 | Briefing
CENTRAL government’s over-reliance on competitive bidding to fund local and combined authorities is not working for anyone and inhibits local growth, warns a new Institute for Government report. Published on 31 May, Funding Local Growth in England sets out how the...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 3, 2024 | Briefing
GOVERNMENTS attending UN climate talks in Bonn from 3 to 13 June should push for rights-respecting and ambitious climate action, says Human Rights Watch. The Bonn Climate Change conference will lay the groundwork for negotiations at the United Nations Climate Change...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 2, 2024 | Briefing
THE American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Aon, a hiring technology company that is marketing widely used online hiring products as “bias-free” and able to ‘improve diversity”, even...
