by Agency Reporter | Aug 6, 2024 | Briefing
A PLAN to combat the impact of population decline in parts of East Ayrshire is being developed by East Ayrshire Council with Scottish Government support. The local authority is one of six which will benefit from funding through the Addressing Depopulation Fund, which...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 6, 2024 | Briefing
A NEW REPORT from Amnesty International says that by denying and restricting access to abortion to millions of women since the overturning of Roe v Wade in 2022, and the Dobbs decision setting aside any constitutional right to abortion, the USA is failing to comply...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 5, 2024 | Briefing
CENTRE FOR CITIES estimates 68 per cent of households in England could have their annual council tax bill reduced by £494, or more than the value of the average yearly broadband bill, if council taxes were set locally and at more progressive rates. A majority of...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 5, 2024 | Briefing
AFTER more than 15 months of war in Sudan, a catastrophic combination of conflict, displacement and humanitarian access constraints has resulted in famine in a camp sheltering hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Sudan’s North Darfur Region. The Famine Review...
by Staff Writer | Aug 4, 2024 | Briefing
FOLLOWING the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion on Israel’s presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the Archbishop of Canterbury has urged governments around the world to reverse the “deeply damaging trend” of upholding...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 3, 2024 | Briefing
AGE UK has launched an emergency petition to help save the Winter Fuel Payment (WFP) for struggling pensioners, and after little more than 48 hours approaching 100,000 people had already signed it. The petition calls on the Government to halt their proposed change to...
