by Agency Reporter | Jun 11, 2024 | Briefing
THE UK is currently missing out on thousands of jobs and billions for the economy due to its slow pace at manufacturing and installing offshore wind farms, according to a new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). At the current pace of...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 10, 2024 | Briefing
A NEW Local Government White Paper has been published setting out how a new relationship between central and local government, which provides long-term financial certainty and empowers councils, is the only way for whoever forms the next government to solve the issues...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 10, 2024 | Briefing
ONE of the most senior politicians in Indonesia says the government should protect an uncontacted tribe whose territory is being destroyed for the world’s largest nickel mine. Senate Leader AA LaNyalla Mahmud Mattalitti, a close ally of President-elect Prabowo, said...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 9, 2024 | Briefing
NINE hundred thousand children in poverty are not eligible for free school meals because the qualifying criteria are so restrictive, new Child Poverty Action Group analysis of Department for Education data reveals. The charity calls on all political parties to make...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 8, 2024 | Briefing
THE Women’s Budget Group has published an intersectional analysis of the impact of cuts to social security since 2010, projected to 2027/8 based on pre-election Government spending plans. The analysis shows that women in the poorest decile face a reduction of £3,348...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 8, 2024 | Briefing
AFTER occupying the offices of the Labour party on 1 May, Christians have now pledged to hold a protest at Labour HQ every Wednesday until the election. The group are urging the Labour Party to call a moratorium on the Rosebank Oil Field development, should it form...
by Staff Writer | Jun 7, 2024 | Briefing
CAMPAIGNERS are urging Churches and faith groups to increase investment in climate solutions through a new global initiative, the Green Investment Declaration, which launched this week. Supported by UK charities Operation Noah and JustMoney Movement, the declaration...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 7, 2024 | Briefing
A JUDGE and legal representatives will travel 6,000 miles to the island of Diego Garcia in the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) to hear claims by Tamil Sri Lankan asylum seekers that they are being unlawfully detained. Ms Justice Obi, Acting Justice of the BIOT...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 6, 2024 | Briefing
WHICHEVER party has the most credible offer on childcare is likely to gain an electoral advantage among swing voters, according to new research by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). New analysis exploring the electoral support for action on childcare...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 6, 2024 | Briefing
ELECTED with nearly 60 per cent of the vote in Mexico’s general elections, Claudia Sheinbaum will be the first woman to occupy the country’s presidency when she takes office on 1 October. Days before the election, Ms Sheinbaum signed up to a pledge from Reporters...
