by Simon Barrow | Jul 4, 2024 | Commentary
ESPECIALLY in local and regional government across the UK, independent candidates (in reality, some more independent than others) were a strong feature of the landscape for many years. That trend has diminished as the capacity of party machineries, especially in the...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 4, 2024 | Briefing
AN ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE in Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique is driving up cases of early and forced marriage, with girls abducted and forced into marriage by armed groups or by families seeking a dowry, Save the Children has said. Child protection staff from Save...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 4, 2024 | Briefing
CHRISTIAN AID and the Methodist Church in Britain have re-committed at the Methodist Conference to their joint work to overcome global injustice and poverty. The Methodist Church is the fourth largest Christian Church in Britain and is a founding partner of the...
by Simon Barrow | Jul 4, 2024 | Commentary
AS THE 2024 General Election stumbles to the finishing line today, and unless anything truly unexpected happens now, history will surely marvel at how it succeeded in being both a theatrical non-event and politically momentous all at the same time. What we have mostly...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 3, 2024 | Briefing
THE Money and Mental Health Policy Institute has set out five low-cost steps the next government can take to boost financial inclusion and help people struggling with mental health problems. Previous research by the charity has shown that one in 10 adults in the UK...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 3, 2024 | Briefing
THE United Reformed Church has joined the Joesph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), the Trussell Trust and 200 other organisations in criticising Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer for a “stark lack of focus” on how each plans to tackle poverty ahead of the General Election. The...
by Mick McAteer | Jul 3, 2024 | Commentary
THIS analytical article looks in some depth at whether there is much prospect of ‘progressive’ politics and policy following the 2024 UK General Election. MICK McATEER focuses on the Labour manifesto for two reasons. First, the party is traditionally associated with...
by Jill Segger | Jul 2, 2024 | Commentary
ELECTORAL MATTERS were simpler in 1882. “Every boy and every gal that’s born into the world alive/Is either a little Liberal or else a little Conservat- ive!” Simpler, but far less democratic and carrying nowhere near the potential and challenge now unfolding....
by Agency Reporter | Jul 2, 2024 | Briefing
WORKFORCE shortages in hospital and community services are so severe that patients are being left in pain and in some cases dying alone, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) says, as new analysis shows just a third of shifts had enough registered nurses. Shortages mean...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 2, 2024 | Briefing
WORLD governments at the UN Ocean Treaty’s first meeting since it opened for signatures in 2023 have committed to a programme consistent with ratification in 2025, and an ambitious first Ocean Treaty COP (Conference of Parties) in 2026. Chile, the first of the seven...
