by Agency Reporter | Jul 31, 2024 | Briefing
PALESTINIAN children in Israeli-run prisons have told Save the Children of facing increasing hunger and abuse, including sexual violence, with conditions deteriorating markedly since the start of the war last October, and contagious diseases such as scabies on the...
by Staff Writer | Jul 30, 2024 | Briefing
CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves made a statment to the House of Commons on 29 July, in which she pledged to “restore economic stability” and said she would take “difficult decisions” to find £5.5 billion of savings this year, and £8.1 billion next year. The...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 30, 2024 | Briefing
AS SCHOOL HOLIDAYS get underway, National Trust locations will be visited by Christian climate protestors this week, calling for the charity to stop banking with Barclays. The coordinated week of action at more than 40 National Trust sites will take place from Monday...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 29, 2024 | Briefing
THE majority of the public are in favour of prioritising positive support over strict job-seeking rules for people on out-of-work benefits, according to polling released by the New Economics Foundation (NEF). Almost 70 per cent of people thought it was more important...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 29, 2024 | Briefing
THE UK must do more to tackle racism, say Quakers in Britain, as the country faces a review by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). Since the last review in 2016, the UK has gone through Brexit, a global pandemic which hit black and...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 28, 2024 | Briefing
ON Friday 26 July, members of Christian Climate Action sat down outside the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and began to pray, whilst holding a banner saying: ‘Just Stop Fossil Fuels, Sign the Fossil Fuel Treaty’. Christian Climate Action (CCA)...
