by Agency Reporter | Dec 4, 2023 | Briefing
NEW research by Citizens Advice finds more than one in four UK adults (28 per cent, the equivalent of 15.1 million people) say they are likely to use Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) to help with Christmas spending. This rises to 56 per cent of parents with primary...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 4, 2023 | Briefing
IN an unprecedented collaboration, five of the United Kingdom’s major Christian denominations are set to broadcast a special Christmas Carol Service on Sunday 10 December 2023. The event will be hosted on their respective Facebook Pages and YouTube Channels,...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 3, 2023 | Briefing
QUAKERS in Britain have offered their support to Ramallah Friends School in the wake of the shooting of three former students in Vermont. Hisham Awartani, Tahseen Ahmed and Kinnan Abdalhamid, all aged 20, attended the 150-year-old Quaker institution in Palestine from...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 2, 2023 | Briefing
DELEGATES meeting at the COP28 talks in Dubai have agreed on the operationalisation of a fund that would help compensate vulnerable countries coping with loss and damage caused by climate change: a major breakthrough on the first day of this year’s UN climate...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 2, 2023 | Briefing
THE Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) says the recent visit of US Deputy Defence Secretary Kathleen Hicks to RAF Lakenheath is further proof that Washington is preparing the Suffolk airbase to host new US nuclear weapons in Britain. Hicks’ tour included an...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 1, 2023 | Briefing
THE number of children’s social care placements costing £10,000 or more per week has risen by over 1,000 per cent in five years, a survey of councils by the Local Government Association reveals. There were 120 such placements in 2018/19, rising to 1,510 in 2022/23,...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 1, 2023 | Briefing
THREE leading human rights organisations have released a statement denouncing Kenya’s illegal evictions of the Ogiek people, and highlighting the role conservation projects and carbon credits could play in such land thefts. In the statement, Survival International,...
by Agency Reporter | Nov 30, 2023 | Briefing
THE final inquest into the death of Jodey Whiting, who died aged 42 following the termination of her Employment Support Allowance (ESA) by the DWP, is expected to take place in Spring 2024 following decisions made during a Pre-Inquest Review hearing (PIR). The PIR was...
by Agency Reporter | Nov 30, 2023 | Briefing
GREENPEACE Nordic and Natur og Ungdom (Young Friends of the Earth Norway) are facing the Norwegian government in court, in a trial which started on 28 November. The organisations argue that the recent approvals of three oil fields violate the Norwegian constitution...
by Staff Writer | Nov 29, 2023 | Briefing
OVER 150 charities, faith groups, trade unions and community organisations from the Outer Hebrides to the Scottish Borders have sent an open letter to Scotland’s First Minister, urging him to deliver on his leadership campaign commitment to increase the Scottish Child...
