by Agency Reporter | Nov 24, 2023 | Briefing
COUNTRIES at the UN have adopted by a landslide majority a resolution to begin the process of establishing a framework convention on tax, and completely change how global tax rules are decided. The framework convention can eventually move decision-making on global tax...
by Agency Reporter | Nov 23, 2023 | Briefing
THE Women’s Budget Group has commented on the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, saying that Jeremy Hunt prioritised pre-election tax giveaways over the nation’s health, social care and education. Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, Director of the Women’s Budget...
by Staff Writer | Nov 23, 2023 | Briefing
TWO new reports paint a bleak picture of youth custody in England and Wales. While the number of children in custody continued to fall in 2022-23, levels of violence and self-harm rose by just over a quarter and a third respectively. Children in custody 2022-23...
by Staff Writer | Nov 22, 2023 | Briefing
THE UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office published a White Paper on 20 November, saying it represented a “re-energised approach to international development”. Responding to the report, Oxfam’s Head of Policy and Advocacy, Katy...
by Agency Reporter | Nov 22, 2023 | Briefing
LAWYERS for ClientEarth have warned the UK’s environmental watchdog that the government may have breached environmental law by approving a pesticide which poses risks to honey bees, other pollinators and freshwater aquatic life. In a complaint to the Office for...
by Bernadette Meaden | Nov 21, 2023 | Commentary
IT IS the Conservative way to frame structural and economic problems as a failure of individuals. This allows the rich and powerful to abdicate responsibility, whilst all the pressure and blame is placed on people who have neither money nor power, and very little...
by Agency Reporter | Nov 21, 2023 | Briefing
NEW data released by the Department for Education (DfE) shows a continued and significant rise in the numbers of children in care moved more than 20 miles from their local area and sent to live somewhere they do not know, often alone and without warning. Despite...
by Agency Reporter | Nov 21, 2023 | Briefing
THE government’s decision to cut the banking surcharge is costing the public purse £29 million a week, according to a new report published by the TUC. The report estimates that the Treasury will lose “at least” £1.5 billion annually over the next four years as result...
by Agency Reporter | Nov 20, 2023 | Briefing
ALMOST 100 churches and individuals have signed up to a new course entitled Act on Poverty, aimed at encouraging people to put their faith into action in the run up to a General Election. International development agency Christian Aid has joined forces on the...
by Agency Reporter | Nov 20, 2023 | Briefing
NEW data published by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) shows that at least a third of adult social care leaders in England need to find another £83.7 million of cuts this winter, on top of the £806 million in savings directors across...
