by Staff Writer | Jul 25, 2023 | Briefing
AN INQUIRY has been launched by the UK parliament Work and Pensions Committee into how the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) supports vulnerable benefit claimants, and whether its approach to safeguarding needs to change. The inquiry has been launched after the...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 25, 2023 | Briefing
THIS WEEK a lethal heatwave has broken records across Europe, and more than a 100 million people were under a severe heat warning in the United States. These are among the kinds of climatic events highlighted by a Christian Aid report last year (Scorched Earth) which...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 24, 2023 | Briefing
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL UK has welcomed the UK Government’s commitment to update rules on the revolving door between public and private office and improve lobbying transparency, announced on 20 July, but calls for more fundamental reforms to improve ministerial...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 24, 2023 | Briefing
INVESTING in universal, high-quality early years education from the age of one would pay for itself and may be one of the highest-returning investments a government can make, even when funded entirely through borrowing. This is according to analysis published by the...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 23, 2023 | Briefing
TAKING THE TRAIN on a European holiday will cost four times the price of a flight on average, according to a new report from Greenpeace. The study compared ticket prices on more than 100 routes between major European cities and found that trains were on average twice...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 22, 2023 | Briefing
IN A LANDMARK decision, the French government has scrapped its plan to fund the controversial Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The park is famed for its population of lowland gorillas, but it has been the scene of countless...
