by Agency Reporter | Feb 18, 2024 | Briefing
WITH growing frustration at the Prime Minister referring to plans to remove asylum seekers to Rwanda as being “The Will of the People”, Hurst Methodist Church in Kingsley, Cheshire has decided to challenge the government’s rhetoric. Hurst Methodist has been raising...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 17, 2024 | Briefing
HORRIFIED at the imminent closure of the crucial Inter Faith Network (IFN), Quakers are urging the government to reconsider its funding withdrawal. On 7 February, the board of the IFN agreed they must move towards closure in two weeks unless the UK government...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 17, 2024 | Briefing
NEW government figures released this month have revealed a net loss of 12,000 social homes in England last year, as sales and demolitions continue to surpass the number of homes built. The figures also show: 22,023 social homes were either sold or demolished last year...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 16, 2024 | Briefing
AHEAD OF a High Court hearing in the long-running extradition case against Julian Assange in London next week, Amnesty International has said that Assange faces the risk of serious human rights violations if extradited to the USA, and warned of a profound “chilling...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 15, 2024 | Briefing
A REPORT on Bedford prison published on 14 February reveals the full scale of problems that led HM Chief Inspector of Prisons to write to the Secretary of State for Justice in November to invoke an Urgent Notification about the state of the jail. An inner-city,...
