by Agency Reporter | Mar 19, 2024 | Briefing
PEOPLE living in poverty find it harder to live a healthy life, live with greater illness, face barriers to accessing timely treatment, and die earlier than the rest of the population, says analysis from The King’s Fund health and care think tank. The analysis,...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 19, 2024 | Briefing
OVER 50 leading economists and civil society voices have written to Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, calling for the Bank to step up its work to align the financial sector with climate goals as a matter of urgency. Coming shortly after the three year...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 18, 2024 | Briefing
ALLOWING people as young as 16 to vote in parish council elections in England could give a significant boost to local democracy, a new report argues. The report from the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPdPR) North, Handforth in hindsight: the future of...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 18, 2024 | Briefing
OUT-OF-CONTROL gang violence has created a humanitarian crisis in Haiti that the UN aims to help alleviate through the creation of an airbridge with the neighbouring Dominican Republic. The UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) said that the air corridor will enable...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 17, 2024 | Briefing
EUROPEAN Union countries rubber-stamped a deal on the EU’s new supply chain rules on 15 March. This law – the Corporate Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) – aims to make companies accountable for the damage they cause to people and the planet. In response, Oxfam EU’s...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 16, 2024 | Briefing
CHILDREN in England with a parent in prison will have access to more support with the launch of a new, dedicated resource pack for English schools and educational settings. The new toolkit created by Pact (the Prison Advice and Care Trust) provides advice and...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 16, 2024 | Briefing
THE UK’s leading debt advice charities StepChange, Money Advice Trust, Citizens Advice, and Christians Against Poverty, alongside the Law Centres Network, have written to the Secretary of State responsible for Housing, Michael Gove, urging him to prioritise the...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 15, 2024 | Briefing
A coalition of organisations which has organised the national marches calling for a ceasefire in Gaza have released a statement in response to Michael Gove’s announcment of “an updated, more focused” definition of extremism. The statement reads: As...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 15, 2024 | Briefing
ADULT social care support continues to stagnate following a lack of action to reform the sector by successive governments, says The King’s Fund following the publication of its annual social care report. Social Care 360 highlights that adult requests for social care...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 14, 2024 | Briefing
A NEW report has found that inexperienced prison officers at HMP/YOI Hindley were struggling to manage a very challenging prison dominated by a “tsunami” of drugs, high levels of violence and self-harm and failing infrastructure. Hindley was facing serious staffing...
