by Agency Reporter | Aug 1, 2023 | Briefing
THE HIGH COURT has declared the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) failure to provide blind people with accessible communications about their benefits is unlawful after a claimant took legal action against them. Dr Yusuf Ali Osman, who is registered blind, brought...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 31, 2023 | Briefing
OVER 100 parents and carers have come together to call on the government to reform the benefits system to help people get into and on in work, by scrapping punitive measures and focusing on breaking down employment barriers. The Changing Realities project, a...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 31, 2023 | Briefing
AN ISRAELI COURT has given the go-ahead for the forced eviction of 500 Palestinian Bedouins in the Negev/Naqab region, highlighting the deep discrimination that Palestinian citizens of Israel face under apartheid, Amnesty International says. Heba Morayef, Amnesty...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 30, 2023 | Briefing
AS PEOPLE around the world prepare to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Christians in the UK will be joining an online vigil to mark the occasion. The nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima (6 August 1945) and Nagasaki (9 August...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 29, 2023 | Briefing
NEW government research shows that one in four people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are food insecure – the highest level since tracking began in 2020. The latest wave of the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) Food and You 2 survey, conducted between October 2022...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 29, 2023 | Briefing
NUCLEAR WEAPONS are increasingly being rejected by the financial community, a new report from PAX, the Netherland peace organisation, and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) shows. A total of 109 banks, pension funds and other financial...
