by Agency Reporter | Dec 9, 2023 | Briefing
THE Salvation Army remains greatly concerned about the Government’s plans to remove asylum seekers to Rwanda. The new legislation proposed on 6 December states that the Government can bypass the decision made by the Supreme Court in November and remove people from the...
by Bernadette Meaden | Dec 8, 2023 | Commentary
The rhetoric from the Conservative party around asylum seekers, immigration, and British Values is becoming increasingly sinister and alarming. Performative patriotism is being used as a distraction from life-threatening and life-shortening poverty and inequality....
by Agency Reporter | Dec 8, 2023 | Briefing
THE Government “has not learnt lessons” from the concerns raised over the development of the National Disability Strategy (NDS) and its efforts to engage with disabled people are “perceived to be superficial”, the Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) has warned. The...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 8, 2023 | Briefing
AGAINST strong protest from activists, scientists, fisheries and the international community, the Norwegian government is moving forward with the planned opening of Arctic waters to deep sea mining. Frode Pleym, Head of Greenpeace Norway, said: “This is a disaster for...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 7, 2023 | Briefing
THE Government has responded to an independent review of the experiences of Hillsborough families. They have announced some progress and further commitments on the recommendations made in 2017, but INQUEST, a charity which provides expertise on state related deaths...
by Staff Writer | Dec 7, 2023 | Briefing
THE United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has published a report on opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, which has decreased by an estimated 95 per cent following a drug ban imposed by the de facto authorities (the Taliban) in April 2022. The sharp...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 6, 2023 | Briefing
THE UK Government’s focus on clearing the asylum application backlog quickly is putting thousands of refugees at risk of homelessness and rough sleeping, warns the Local Government Association (LGA). According to Home Office data, there were around 90,000 decisions on...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 6, 2023 | Briefing
AFTER five weeks of talks between junior doctors in England and the Government, the deadline has passed, and negotiators for the Department of Health and Social Care have not been able to put forward a credible offer to end the pay dispute. As a result, the BMA’s...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 5, 2023 | Briefing
ON the first-ever Health Day at a COP, more than 40 million health professionals from around the globe joined the call to action by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and civil society organisations, to prioritise health in climate negotiations at COP28. Climate...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 5, 2023 | Briefing
THE Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has written to the government to express “serious concerns” about its anti-strike legislation breaching international law. The crossbench committee of MPs and Lords says that the government has failed to allay concerns about...
