by Staff Writer | Mar 14, 2024 | Briefing
AROUND one in five children in Northern Ireland are living in relative poverty, before housing costs. A report published by Northern Ireland’s Comptroller and Auditor General, Dorinnia Carville, on 12 March also highlighted the fact that eight per cent of...
by Staff Writer | Mar 8, 2024 | Briefing
THE Church of Scotland is backing a new campaign to encourage people to sign up to vote in the next General Election. The Voter Registration Champion scheme is targeting voters at risk of not being able to have their say because they have not registered in time to...
by Staff Writer | Mar 7, 2024 | Briefing
THE Chancellor’s Budget Statement ignored climate breakdown, did almost nothing for people in poverty, and introduced tax cuts which largely benefit the rich and will further degrade public services, say social justice and environmental campaigners. Danny...
by Staff Writer | Mar 6, 2024 | Briefing
SOME of the most vulnerable children in the country are being stripped of their clothing under restraint, with far too little oversight and accountability and inappropriate use of pain-inducing techniques, a report by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has found. While all...
by Staff Writer | Mar 3, 2024 | Briefing
THE Health and Social Care Committee has published a report on Assisted Dying/Assisted Suicide (AD/AS). The cross-party group of MPs say their report is not intended to provide a resolution to the debate, but to present a broad body of evidence as a “significant...
