by Agency Reporter | Dec 14, 2023 | Briefing
HIGH inflation pushed the cost of raising a child to £166,000 for a couple and £220,000 for a lone parent in 2023, but the enduring impact of benefit cuts and ongoing price rises have left many parents unable to give their children what the public says is a minimum...
by Staff Writer | Dec 14, 2023 | Briefing
CHRISTIAN AID Senior Climate Advisor Joab Okanda, has reacted to the final outcome at COP28. “It is clear that the era of fossil fuels is coming to a close. We may not have driven the nail into the coffin here at COP28 but the end is coming for dirty energy. But there...
by Staff Writer | Dec 13, 2023 | Briefing
SOCIAL tariffs are cheaper broadband and phone packages for people claiming Universal Credit, Pension Credit and some other benefits. Some providers call them ‘essential’ or ‘basic’ broadband. They are delivered in the same way as normal packages, just at a lower...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 13, 2023 | Briefing
THE next election is set to be the most unequal for more than six decades, due to a ballooning turnout gap at elections and the growing role of money in British politics, according to a new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). Detailed analysis...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 12, 2023 | Briefing
THE police response to group-based child sexual exploitation in England and Wales is not good enough because forces do not understand the scale of the problem, and progress to improve is too slow, a new report has found. His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 12, 2023 | Briefing
FAITH communities have delivered a statement to COP28, expressing their alarm over the accelerating climate emergency, and calling for the phasing out of fossil fuels. The statement was delivered by the Rev Tamsyn Kereopa of the Anglican Church of Aotearoa New...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 11, 2023 | Briefing
AN APPLICATION for the use of a banned, bee-harming neonicotinoid on sugar beet seed in 2024 has been submitted to the UK Government – despite an industry commitment to end reliance on the banned pesticide in 2023. In August 2020, British Sugar pleaded for “no more...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 11, 2023 | Briefing
A STUDY published by Christian Aid has highlighted the devastating economic impact climate change will inflict on the Arabian Peninsula. With delegates discussing a global phase out date for fossil fuels at COP28, the first COP held in the Gulf since 2012, the new...
by Staff Writer | Dec 10, 2023 | Briefing
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL has launched its annual global letter-writing campaign ahead of Human Rights Day (10 December), in a bid to transform the lives of people whose rights have been violated. This year, Amnesty International is campaigning for justice with and for 11...
by Staff Writer | Dec 9, 2023 | Briefing
B’TSELEM, the Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, has produced a report which concludes: “The humanitarian crisis currently underway in the Gaza Strip is not a side effect of the war, but the direct intended result of...
