by Agency Reporter | Jun 6, 2023 | Briefing
AUSTERITY LEFT THE UK “hugely unprepared” for the Covid pandemic, according to a new report published by the TUC on 5 June. The report looks at four pillars of the country’s pandemic preparedness: Safe staffing levels in public services. Public service capacity...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 6, 2023 | Briefing
THE ENDING OF additional support made available during the pandemic has driven up the number of children experiencing poverty to 4.2 million last year (29 per cent of all dependent children aged 0-19), with an increasing number living in working households. Some 71...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 5, 2023 | Briefing
THIRD SECTOR organisations in Scotland are to be paid a fee for helping provide supporting information for people applying for Child Disability Payment or Adult Disability Payment. The £33.50 fee will be paid when they are asked by Social Security Scotland to complete...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 5, 2023 | Briefing
COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING in this week’s climate meeting in Bonn (5-15 June) which will help set the agenda for the COP28 meeting in Dubai later this year, should urge the United Arab Emirates to improve its dismal human rights record to ensure a successful conference,...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 4, 2023 | Briefing
QUAKERS want every school in Britain to have a team of peer mediators ready and able to resolve conflict. Schools using peer mediation find that it reduces student conflict and creates more quality learning time. The prectice also helps pupils to develop more...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 3, 2023 | Briefing
YOUNG PEOPLE who provide informal unpaid care to family members or others outside their household are on average 38 per cent less likely to obtain a university degree than their counterparts with no caring responsibilities, according to a new study by UCL researchers....
