by Agency Reporter | Dec 12, 2023 | Briefing
FAITH communities have delivered a statement to COP28, expressing their alarm over the accelerating climate emergency, and calling for the phasing out of fossil fuels. The statement was delivered by the Rev Tamsyn Kereopa of the Anglican Church of Aotearoa New...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 11, 2023 | Briefing
AN APPLICATION for the use of a banned, bee-harming neonicotinoid on sugar beet seed in 2024 has been submitted to the UK Government – despite an industry commitment to end reliance on the banned pesticide in 2023. In August 2020, British Sugar pleaded for “no more...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 11, 2023 | Briefing
A STUDY published by Christian Aid has highlighted the devastating economic impact climate change will inflict on the Arabian Peninsula. With delegates discussing a global phase out date for fossil fuels at COP28, the first COP held in the Gulf since 2012, the new...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 9, 2023 | Briefing
THE Salvation Army remains greatly concerned about the Government’s plans to remove asylum seekers to Rwanda. The new legislation proposed on 6 December states that the Government can bypass the decision made by the Supreme Court in November and remove people from the...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 8, 2023 | Briefing
THE Government “has not learnt lessons” from the concerns raised over the development of the National Disability Strategy (NDS) and its efforts to engage with disabled people are “perceived to be superficial”, the Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) has warned. The...
