by Agency Reporter | Oct 1, 2023 | Briefing
MORE than 11,600 children crossed the Central Mediterranean Sea to Italy without their parents or legal guardians between January and mid-September 2023. This is an increase of 60 per cent compared to the same period last year, where around 7,200 unaccompanied or...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 30, 2023 | Briefing
A new report into UK wildfire resilience has been published by the Fire Brigades Union, uncovering a ‘dangerous’ lack of UK-wide strategy, planning and investment. The report reveals the extent of the fragmentation and under-resourcing of fire and rescue services....
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...
