by Agency Reporter | Jun 5, 2024 | Briefing
DEBT payments for the countries most vulnerable to climate change are set to hit their highest level in over 30 years. New figures released by Debt Justice, calculated from World Bank and IMF data, show that in 2024 external debt payments will be at their highest...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 5, 2024 | Briefing
OVER 20 prominent Christian leaders including the former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the current Bishops of Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Stepney, Carlisle and Barking as well as several charity leaders, academics and theologians have signed an open...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 4, 2024 | Briefing
SOCIAL rents in England are 64 per cent more affordable than private rents, with social tenants having to pay on average £828 less per month in rent than private tenants, new analysis by Shelter reveals. The charity’s analysis of the latest government rent data...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 4, 2024 | Briefing
THE scale of automatic debt repayments administered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) means that, across all families receiving universal credit (UC), the basic payment is on average 8 per cent lower than the official figure, according to analysis...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 3, 2024 | Briefing
CENTRAL government’s over-reliance on competitive bidding to fund local and combined authorities is not working for anyone and inhibits local growth, warns a new Institute for Government report. Published on 31 May, Funding Local Growth in England sets out how the...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 3, 2024 | Briefing
GOVERNMENTS attending UN climate talks in Bonn from 3 to 13 June should push for rights-respecting and ambitious climate action, says Human Rights Watch. The Bonn Climate Change conference will lay the groundwork for negotiations at the United Nations Climate Change...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 2, 2024 | Briefing
THE American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Aon, a hiring technology company that is marketing widely used online hiring products as “bias-free” and able to ‘improve diversity”, even...
by Simon Barrow | Jun 1, 2024 | Commentary
Romans 8: 12-17; John 2: 1-17. “What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.” (John 3:6) TRINITY SUNDAY has long been known as a graveyard slot for preachers, who find themselves tied up in all kinds of theological and philosophical...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 1, 2024 | Briefing
THE Russian authorities are carrying out increasingly severe reprisals against children and their families – particularly those opposing Russia’s war in Ukraine – in a “politically-motivated assault on children” as part of a wider crackdown on dissent, Amnesty...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 1, 2024 | Briefing
SCHOOLS across England are regularly paying to feed hungry pupils, according to polling of 10,000 teachers commissioned by the charity School Food Matters. The findings come amid growing calls for the government to expand access to free school meals. The polling by...
