by Agency Reporter | Feb 1, 2024 | Briefing
DEBT charity StepChange is urging the government to reassess its cost of living support for households ahead of the Spring Budget, as new polling finds that two in five (40 per cent), 21 million people, are struggling to keep up with bills and credit commitments, and...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 31, 2024 | Briefing
DATA on Mental Health Act detentions in 2022/23 in England shows that Black people, and people living in areas of socio-economic deprivation, are more likely to be detained than any other group. This pattern has persisted for several years and reflects the vicious...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 31, 2024 | Briefing
THE UK Government has announced that it has opened a consultation on re-introducing fees for employment tribunals and the employment appeal tribunal system. Employment tribunal fees were introduced by the coalition government in July 2013, but In 2017 the Supreme...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 30, 2024 | Briefing
EDUCATION and social mobility experts at the Sutton Trust have warned of a major deterioration in the education of disadvantaged young children. The Trust says that the role of the early years sector is increasingly moving towards childcare at the expense of providing...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 30, 2024 | Briefing
ON Friday 26 January, Christians, including members of the clergy, held a vigil outside the headquarters of BMS World Mission (a leading Baptist organisation) in Didcot, Oxfordshire – praying for the charity to drop Barclays as its bank. The campaigners were...
