by Agency Reporter | Feb 5, 2024 | Briefing
CAMPAIGN Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has released an interactive map of all the locations across the UK where F-35 components are made. The F-35 is a supersonic fighter aircraft used by the Israeli military. CAAT estimates the value of the components UK industry has...
by Admin | Feb 4, 2024 | Update
JOIN the Rev Dr Munther Isaac for a thought-provoking online conversation (6:30pm UK time, Sunday 4th February) on combatting Christians Zionism and empowering people of faith to advocate for Palestinian liberation. This will be an insightful discussion, shedding...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 4, 2024 | Briefing
AS the number of people sleeping rough in London rises sharply again, the Salvation Army is urging all political parties to make ending rough sleeping a prime concern for the next parliamentary term. New London Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN)...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 3, 2024 | Briefing
Following recent media reports that US nuclear weapons are returning to Britain, CND has renewed its warning that such a deployment will only raise the nuclear threat further and make Britain a guaranteed target in the event of any war between NATO and Russia. Since...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 3, 2024 | Briefing
THE UK government is set to subsidise private landlords in England by more than £70 billion through paying them housing support over the next five years, the New Economics Foundation (NEF) has found. Analysis of the latest official statistics reveals that private...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 2, 2024 | Briefing
THE InterFaith Network (IFN) has released a statement in response to a letter received by IFN’s Co-Chairs from the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), Michael Gove. In the letter, Mr. Gove said he was ‘minded’ to withdraw...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 1, 2024 | Briefing
Aid organisations have issued a joint statement on the suspension of funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). “As aid organisations, we are deeply concerned and outraged that some of the largest donors have united to suspend funding for the...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 1, 2024 | Briefing
DEBT charity StepChange is urging the government to reassess its cost of living support for households ahead of the Spring Budget, as new polling finds that two in five (40 per cent), 21 million people, are struggling to keep up with bills and credit commitments, and...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 31, 2024 | Briefing
DATA on Mental Health Act detentions in 2022/23 in England shows that Black people, and people living in areas of socio-economic deprivation, are more likely to be detained than any other group. This pattern has persisted for several years and reflects the vicious...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 31, 2024 | Briefing
THE UK Government has announced that it has opened a consultation on re-introducing fees for employment tribunals and the employment appeal tribunal system. Employment tribunal fees were introduced by the coalition government in July 2013, but In 2017 the Supreme...
