by Agency Reporter | Jul 6, 2023 | Briefing
WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES (WCC) General Secretary, the Rev Prof Dr Jerry Pillay has called for an end to the Israeli military’s assault in Jenin. The WCC condemns the assault and calls for the cessation of all violence in the West Bank, including that from Israeli...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 5, 2023 | Briefing
AS THE National Health Service (NHS) celebrates its 75th anniversary, new polling data from Ipsos and the Health Foundation shows that despite the health service making people most proud to be British, the public are worried about its future. Among those in Great...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 5, 2023 | Briefing
MORE THAN 5,800 extra green buses are needed by 2030 in English regions outside London to reach net zero and support the levelling up agenda, according to a new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). The National Bus Strategy and Levelling Up...
by Staff Writer | Jul 4, 2023 | Briefing
NEW ANALYSIS by Debt Justice has found that the number of households struggling under a heavy debt burden across the UK has increased by two thirds since 2017. Based on the Financial Conduct Authority’s Financial Lives survey, they calculate that 12.8 million adults...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 4, 2023 | Briefing
UK HEALTH and care sector employers have benefited from a boom in international recruitment at a time of significant staff shortages. But if high reliance on overseas workers persists long term, it also brings vulnerabilities, including exposure to international...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 3, 2023 | Briefing
THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of councils (95 per cent) surveyed by the Local Government Association (LGA) want the powers to be able to reintroduce virtual and hybrid technology for statutory council meetings. The LGA, which represents councils in England and Wales, is...
