by Agency Reporter | Sep 30, 2023 | Briefing
THE Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) has released the following statement on the death of its co-founder and vice-president Pat Arrowsmith, at the age of 93. It is with great sadness that CND announces the death of Pat Arrowsmith, one of the peace movement’s...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 29, 2023 | Briefing
AS MORE families migrate from older benefits to universal credit, new official figures show there are 2.3 million children in households on universal credit (UC) which are having debt deductions from their benefit, forcing them to live on significantly less than their...
by Staff Writer | Sep 29, 2023 | Briefing
NEW analysis published by the Nuffield Trust lays bare the scale of losses caused by clinical staff dropping out of training and opting out of careers in the NHS. High leaver rates among nurses and other clinical staff, both during training and early into their...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 28, 2023 | Briefing
THE approval of a massive new ‘carbon bomb’ oil and gas field in the North Sea risks making it even more difficult for the UK to get back on track to meeting its climate targets, say ClientEarth lawyers. The UK Government approved Rosebank – the biggest undeveloped...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 28, 2023 | Briefing
This year’s Quaker Week began (suitably) with silence as hundreds of Quakers across England and Scotland held climate vigils. From Bristol to Huddersfield to Okehampton, Quakers stood outside meeting houses, railway stations and playgrounds, to ask the prime minister...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 27, 2023 | Briefing
IN the March 2023 Budget, the government announced the largest and fastest expansion of free childcare on record, doubling spending on the free entitlement to a funded childcare place in just three years. By September 2025, the programme will offer up to 30 hours a...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 27, 2023 | Briefing
SIX young people from Portugal will present a landmark case before the European Court of Human Rights today (27 September) arguing that countries are breaching their human rights by failing to do enough to protect them from climate change. If they are successful, the...
by Admin | Sep 26, 2023 | Update
OUR director, Simon Barrow, will be chairing an online forum looking at the spiritual vision of the compelling early twentieth century French philosopher, mystic and political activist Simone Weil. This will take place from 19:00 to 21:00 (UK time) on Wednesday 27th...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 26, 2023 | Briefing
THE Local Government Association (LGA) and the Urban Transport Group have called for new powers for councils to decide the way local bus services are delivered to end a “spiral of decline” of services by protecting vital bus routes and reinvesting in local networks....
by Agency Reporter | Sep 26, 2023 | Briefing
A VICAR who claims he was the victim of repeated racial stereotyping when applying for posts in the Church of England has called on the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to conduct a statutory investigation into racism within the Church. The Rev Alwyn...
