by Agency Reporter | May 21, 2023 | Briefing
FOLLOWING A SPEECH by UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman at the National Conservatism Conference in London this week, the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has asked if it is time for the Equalities and Human Rights Commission to examine the Conservative Party’s...
by Staff Writer | May 20, 2023 | Briefing
THE LEADERS of the G7, meeting in Hiroshima, have failed to come up with any concrete proposals that would take forward their stated goal of a world without nuclear weapons. With the danger of nuclear conflict at its highest level since the Cold War due to the...
by Agency Reporter | May 20, 2023 | Briefing
AS PART of a UK delegation monitoring the recent elections in Turkey, Emily Apple of Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) was on the ground in Bakur, the majority-Kurdish region. She witnessed repression and fraud during the election, and the UK delegation has since...
by Agency Reporter | May 19, 2023 | Briefing
TWENTY FOUR PEOPLE have successfully protested outside a court to remind jurors of their right to make decisions according to their conscience. Quakers Rajan Naidu from Birmingham, Phil Laurie from Faversham and Joanna Hindley from Birmingham, are among those who held...
by Staff Writer | May 19, 2023 | Briefing
IN NATIONAL Mental Health Awareness Week, Independent Monitoring Boards (IMBs) have published a report drawing attention to the practice of sending women to prison in England and Wales as a ‘place of safety’ under the Mental Health Act, or for their ‘own protection’...
by Agency Reporter | May 18, 2023 | Briefing
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCATION has responded to the announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill set out for England and Wales by the UK government. Cllr Darren Rodwell, housing spokesperson for the Local Government Association (LGA) said: “We are pleased to see...
