by Staff Writer | Feb 10, 2024 | Briefing
NEW government figures released on 8 February show 26,311 households in England have been removed from their homes by court bailiffs as a result of Section 21 since the government first promised to scrap no-fault evictions in 2019. The figures on repossession and...
by Staff Writer | Jan 26, 2024 | Briefing
A LEADING ecumenical Christian peace organisation has joined with other faith groups and NGOs to call for a ceasefire after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accepted South Africa’s case that Israel has a case to answer for the slaughter, destruction and...
by Staff Writer | Jan 26, 2024 | Briefing
THE UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders, Michel Forst, has issued a statement which strongly criticises the government’s “increasingly severe crackdowns on environmental defenders in the United Kingdom, including in relation to the exercise of...
by Staff Writer | Jan 15, 2024 | Briefing
THE Scottish Government has been urged to help end a “decade of torment and tragedy” and reunite a refugee with her shattered family. The plea to assist Kaltouma Haroun Ibrahim, whose husband and two surviving children are trapped in war-torn Sudan, was made by...
by Staff Writer | Jan 12, 2024 | Briefing
THREE energy companies have been granted approval to resume force-fitting domestic prepayment meters, nearly a year after this was suspended. Ofgem confirmed on Monday 8 January 2024 that EDF, Octopus and Scottish Power have been given permission to restart...
