by Agency Reporter | Feb 13, 2024 | Briefing
WALES has an opportunity to tackle unfairness in the council tax system and set the agenda for other nations and regions of the UK to follow with its council tax reforms, says Centre for Cities. Centre for Cities, a research organisation dedicated to improving the...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 12, 2024 | Briefing
ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the Israeli army and other officials to submit a plan to the cabinet for evacuation of Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost governorate. Netanyahu said this action is necessary to attack Hamas battalions in the area. With a...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 12, 2024 | Briefing
THE turnout divide between richer and poorer young voters is deepening, with millennial non-graduates and non-homeowners increasingly unlikely to vote compared to their graduate and homeowning counterparts since the last general election, according to new Resolution...
by Staff Writer | Feb 11, 2024 | Briefing
A FORMER Vicar of Rochdale, the Rev Mark Coleman, is standing as an Independent candidate in the Rochdale by-election, which was called following the death of the Labour MP, Sir Tony Lloyd. Coleman, who has twice been jailed for climate protests, says: “Tony was...
by Staff Writer | Feb 10, 2024 | Briefing
NEW government figures released on 8 February show 26,311 households in England have been removed from their homes by court bailiffs as a result of Section 21 since the government first promised to scrap no-fault evictions in 2019. The figures on repossession and...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 9, 2024 | Briefing
EVERY North West local authority has at least 1,500 school-age children in poverty who are not eligible for free school meals because the qualifying criteria is so restrictive, new analysis shows. Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) and Greater Manchester Poverty Action...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 8, 2024 | Briefing
A NEW report by the Chief Inspector of prisons highlights the plight of desperately unwell men and women languishing in prison waiting for transfer to secure mental hospitals. Only in hospital can they access care under the Mental Health Act which cannot legally be...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 7, 2024 | Briefing
CHURCH and charity leaders are joining climate campaigners for the start of a 10-day climate justice prayer vigil outside the Houses of Parliament. The event – which will run around-the-clock from February 14-24 – has been organised by a coalition of charities...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 6, 2024 | Briefing
COUNCILS in England are urging the government to extend one of its most essential schemes to help protect vulnerable households in the country. The Household Support Fund (HSF), which has provided £820 million in government funding for local welfare support over the...
by Savitri Hensman | Feb 5, 2024 | Commentary
THE ISRAELI STATE has continued to kill, injure and displace civilians on a major scale. Its international military backers, primarily the US government but also that of the UK and others, kept calling for restraint. Yet – long after it was clear such calls would not...
