by Staff Writer | Jul 30, 2024 | Briefing
CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves made a statment to the House of Commons on 29 July, in which she pledged to “restore economic stability” and said she would take “difficult decisions” to find £5.5 billion of savings this year, and £8.1 billion next year. The...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 30, 2024 | Briefing
AS SCHOOL HOLIDAYS get underway, National Trust locations will be visited by Christian climate protestors this week, calling for the charity to stop banking with Barclays. The coordinated week of action at more than 40 National Trust sites will take place from Monday...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 29, 2024 | Briefing
THE majority of the public are in favour of prioritising positive support over strict job-seeking rules for people on out-of-work benefits, according to polling released by the New Economics Foundation (NEF). Almost 70 per cent of people thought it was more important...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 29, 2024 | Briefing
THE UK must do more to tackle racism, say Quakers in Britain, as the country faces a review by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). Since the last review in 2016, the UK has gone through Brexit, a global pandemic which hit black and...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 28, 2024 | Briefing
ON Friday 26 July, members of Christian Climate Action sat down outside the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and began to pray, whilst holding a banner saying: ‘Just Stop Fossil Fuels, Sign the Fossil Fuel Treaty’. Christian Climate Action (CCA)...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 28, 2024 | Briefing
SUNDAY 28 July marks the 73rd anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention, the cornerstone of refugee protection which has saved and protected the lives of millions of people around the world fleeing war, violence, persecution and human rights violations. To mark the...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 27, 2024 | Briefing
CLASSES across the Philippines were suspended on Thursday 25 July, following a powerful typhoon that swept across the country. At least 45 schools located across 40 per cent of the country sustained damage from the storm and the country’s Department of Education said...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 27, 2024 | Briefing
IN a significant step towards legalising assisted dying, Dr Alex Allinson’s Assisted Dying Bill has successfully passed the third reading in the House of Keys, the lower house of Tynwald, the Isle of Man’s Parliament. Members of the House of Keys voted 16 in favour,...
by Simon Barrow | Jul 26, 2024 | Update
WE LIVE in an increasingly information overloaded, mixed belief, diverse and busy world. So how and where do we consciously hear each other? Where do the voices of anticipated difference and unexpected consonance come to us? Is it possible to find common ground or...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 26, 2024 | Briefing
NEW DATA from The Food Foundation shows that in the month leading up to the election, 14 per cent of UK households, and 18 per cent of households with children, experienced food insecurity. This underlines the need for plans to ensure that everyone can afford and...
