by Agency Reporter | Jun 29, 2023 | Briefing
PATIENTS living in poverty in the Global South are being bankrupted by private healthcare corporations backed by multi-million-dollar investments from development finance institutions (DFIs) run by the UK, French, German and other rich country governments. DFIs like...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 29, 2023 | Briefing
DIGITAL aspects of universal credit (UC) routinely lead to wrong amounts being awarded to claimants – often the most vulnerable – and to breaches of rule-of-law principles, new Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) research finds. The three-year study found that while the...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 28, 2023 | Briefing
THE NHS is ‘neither a leader nor a laggard’ when compared to health care systems of similar countries, though on some critical measures of resources and performance the UK is falling well-below average, according to a major new report from The King’s Fund. The...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 28, 2023 | Briefing
LOCAL housing allowance (LHA) rates – which govern the maximum amount of support for their rent that low-income private renters can get – have been frozen in cash terms since April 2020. But rents for new lets have increased by more than a fifth on average. The result...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 27, 2023 | Briefing
MOST politicians who try to make the case for modernising the UK’s political system are missing the point, according to new IPPR research. Instead of focusing primarily on principles, such as integrity and honesty, they should underscore the better social and economic...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 27, 2023 | Briefing
A NEW report reveals a viable business model for farmers in the UK to move towards production systems which increase profitability, reduce reliance on external inputs, and contribute to environmental recovery. The research conducted by Nethergill Associates looks at...
