by Agency Reporter | Jan 21, 2024 | Briefing
A STARK divide in health and wealth throughout the UK is leaving many ‘bad health blackspots’ sicker and poorer than their neighbours, according to the third interim report for the cross-party IPPR Commission on Health and Prosperity. The report says that the UK now...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 20, 2024 | Briefing
QUAKERS and other faith groups will take to the streets of London in a silent walk for peace on Sunday, 21 January. Facilitated by Quakers in Britain and Plum Village UK, the event, which is open to all, calls for peace amidst the rising challenges of hatred, anger,...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 20, 2024 | Briefing
THE CHILEAN SENATE voted on 16 January to ratify the UN Ocean Treaty, a historic conservation agreement agreed in 2023. The vote passed unanimously. Estefanía González, Deputy Campaign Director of Greenpeace Andino, which covers Argentina, Colombia and Chile, said:...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 19, 2024 | Briefing
AS Parliament prepares to approve the regulation of physician associates (PAs) by the General Medical Council (GMC), the BMA has taken out newspaper advertisements urging MPs to object to the Government’s plans. The new legislation, which will lay the legal groundwork...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 19, 2024 | Briefing
A NEW POLL has revealed that support for higher taxes on wealth is popular with dollar millionaires from across G20 countries. It comes as 260 millionaires and billionaires have signed a new letter demanding world leaders increase their taxes to coincide with the...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 18, 2024 | Briefing
AS the risk of famine grows, and more people are exposed to deadly disease outbreaks, a fundamental step change in the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza is urgently needed, United Nations agencies have warned. The heads of the World Food Programme (WFP), UNICEF and...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 18, 2024 | Briefing
TWO years of the cost of living crisis has caused a 50 per cent rise in the number of people who are pessimistic about their financial future, according to new figures released by StepChange Debt Charity. The research indicates a difficult year ahead for people’s...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 17, 2024 | Briefing
THE latest data from the Office for National Statistics reveals that there were 4,907 drug-related deaths registered in 2022 in England and Wales, an increase from the 4,859 deaths registered in 2021. Once again, this is the highest on record. Of these deaths 3,127...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 17, 2024 | Briefing
FOUR hundred years after the birth of Quaker co-founder George Fox, celebrations are planned throughout 2024 to recognise that Quakers are still working for justice with peace. There would almost certainly be no Quakers without Fox, born to a weaver and his wife in a...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 16, 2024 | Briefing
WARRING parties in Yemen, including Houthi forces, the Yemeni government, and the Saudi and UAE-led coalition, carried out serious international human rights and humanitarian law violations in Yemen in 2023, Human Rights Watch said, releasing its World Report 2024....
