by Agency Reporter | Apr 14, 2024 | Briefing
THE CREDIT CONDITIONS SURVEY for the first quarter of 2024, published by the Bank of England on 11 April, has revealed a rise in default rates on credit cards and other loans, while overall demand for unsecured lending has increased. Lenders expect this trend to...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 13, 2024 | Briefing
AS PEOPLE OF FAITH in an election year, how are we called to work towards honest dialogue and respectful listening in political and social engagement? How do we seek good governance in all seats of power; local, national, and global? What is our response when we are...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 13, 2024 | Briefing
THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY of the conflict in Sudan will be marked by the Sudan International Humanitarian Conference on Monday 15 April. France, the European Union and Germany will host the conference in Paris, aimed at increasing funding for the response, overcoming...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 12, 2024 | Briefing
JULIAN ASSANGE has been detained at HMP Belmarsh, a high-security facility in south-east London for five years, as he fights an extradition request from the US authorities. Assange faces prosecution in the USA under the Espionage Act of 1917 – a wartime law never...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 12, 2024 | Briefing
LIFTING barriers to onshore wind and solar power could produce 13 times more electricity than the current levels generated by these sources in England, new research has found. To demonstrate the country’s renewable power potential, researchers at Exeter University’s...
by Staff Writer | Apr 11, 2024 | Briefing
SPEAKING on 9 April at a press conference in New York on the conflict in Gaza, David Cameron mentioned the need to have a ‘plan B’ should the conflict escalate into Rafah and said that the UK’s arms export to Israel will continue. Responding, Oxfam’s Chief...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 11, 2024 | Briefing
THE arrival of rapid diagnostic test (RDT) kits for cholera in Malawi on 5 April signals the start of a global programme that will see more than 1.2 million tests distributed to 14 countries at high risk for cholera over the next several months. Countries that will...
by Staff Writer | Apr 10, 2024 | Briefing
IN a new publication from UCL Policy Lab and Hertford College, Oxford, leading figures from British diplomacy and international development, including the former Cabinet Secretary Lord Mark Sedwill, call for a renewed vision of UK foreign affairs. Following a series...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 10, 2024 | Briefing
HUMANISTS UK has raised concerns over the growing influence of ‘dark money’ and other funding from American sources in UK politics, particularly influencing debates on abortion, LGBT rights, assisted dying, and faith schools. Following the overturning of Roe v Wade in...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 9, 2024 | Briefing
A new report from Transparency International UK calls for reforms to the appointment and conduct rules of the House of Lords, aimed at reducing corruption risks in the second chamber. Transparency International UK research found almost a quarter of all nominations...
