by Staff Writer | Nov 29, 2023 | Briefing
OVER 150 charities, faith groups, trade unions and community organisations from the Outer Hebrides to the Scottish Borders have sent an open letter to Scotland’s First Minister, urging him to deliver on his leadership campaign commitment to increase the Scottish Child...
by Staff Writer | Nov 26, 2023 | Briefing
INDEPENDENT food banks cannot see how they will get through this winter, as yet more people are forced to turn to charity to feed themselves and their families, says the Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN). Measures in the Autumn Statement do not provide the help...
by Staff Writer | Nov 25, 2023 | Briefing
SHIPMENTS of the world’s first WHO-recommended malaria vaccine, RTS,S, have begun with 331,200 doses arriving in Yaoundé, Cameroon on 21 November. The delivery is the first to a country not previously involved in the malaria vaccine pilot programme, and signals that...
by Staff Writer | Nov 23, 2023 | Briefing
TWO new reports paint a bleak picture of youth custody in England and Wales. While the number of children in custody continued to fall in 2022-23, levels of violence and self-harm rose by just over a quarter and a third respectively. Children in custody 2022-23...
by Staff Writer | Nov 22, 2023 | Briefing
THE UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office published a White Paper on 20 November, saying it represented a “re-energised approach to international development”. Responding to the report, Oxfam’s Head of Policy and Advocacy, Katy...
