by Staff Writer | Mar 5, 2021 | Briefing
SCOTTISH CAMPAIGNERS CALLING for a new ‘Zero Covid’ approach to the pandemic from governments are winning support from leading politicians. Dr Philippa Whitford, SNP MP for Central Ayrshire and a sponsor of a cross- party Zero Covid motion signed by 40 MPs...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 5, 2021 | Briefing
THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT will strongly oppose any attempt to weaken the UK Human Rights Act, Equalities and Human Rights Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville has said. In a detailed evidence submission to the UK Independent Human Rights Review, which was established by...
by Staff Writer | Mar 4, 2021 | Briefing
MORE PEOPLE WILL be swept into poverty as a result of decisions made in the Chancellor’s budget yesterday (3 March 2021), says the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) in an incisive response to the UK Government’s plans. Helen Barnard of JRF said: “It is...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 4, 2021 | Briefing
COMMENTING ON THE BUDGET statement from the UK Government, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said: “The chancellor is making a dangerous bet on the economy bouncing back on its own. He is gambling with the recovery when he should have acted to create jobs. “We are...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 4, 2021 | Briefing
SPEAKING AFTER THE CHANCELLOR’S BUDGET speech, the Peace Pledge Union (PPU) described the Covid pandemic as a deadly reminder that guns and bombs cannot make us safe. Four months ago, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak announced an increase in military spending of...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 4, 2021 | Briefing
THE NEWS THAT FATOU BENSOUDA, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), has opened a formal investigation into the “Situation in Palestine” is a historic breakthrough, says Amnesty International. The investigation will cover crimes committed in the...
