by Staff Writer | Aug 4, 2023 | Briefing
INTERNATIONAL development charity Christian Aid has warned that the UK Government’s cuts to the aid budget represent a “betrayal of the world’s most marginalised people” and is calling on Ministers to restore the aid budget and “cancel the debt of...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 3, 2023 | Briefing
MOST unaccompanied children seeking safety in Greece have their asylum claims rejected, leaving them without legal papers and vulnerable to abuse and exploitation, according to a new report by Save the Children and the Greek Council for Refugees that calls for Greek...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 3, 2023 | Briefing
PAUL PARKER, the Recording Clerk of Quakers in Britain, has signed a ‘Charity So Straight’ pledge to support the rights of trans, non-binary, and gender diverse communities. Believing that all people are equal, and that gender and sexuality are sacred...
by Staff Writer | Aug 2, 2023 | Briefing
THE Chief Inspector of Prisons wrote to Alex Chalk MP, the Secretary of State for Justice on Wednesday 26 July to issue an urgent notification for improvement at HMP Bristol, after an unannounced inspection revealed extremely worrying conditions. Bristol, which had...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 2, 2023 | Briefing
THE Welsh Government has teamed up with police forces to help educate motorists ahead of the 20mph default speed limit roll out in September. On Sunday 17 September, Wales will become the first UK nation to introduce a new default 20mph speed limit on restricted...
by Staff Writer | Aug 1, 2023 | Briefing
ENVIRONMENT and global justice organisations have been reacting to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s announcement of hundreds of new oil and gas licenses in the North Sea, alongside investment in carbon capture and storage. Alice Harrison, Fossil Fuels Campaign...
