by Agency Reporter | Apr 28, 2023 | Briefing
THE UK’S FRAGMENTED, weak and under-resourced system for enforcing labour market rights costs workers billions a year and a radical overhaul is needed, according to new Resolution Foundation research. Enforce for good – the final report of a four-year project on...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 28, 2023 | Briefing
YOUTH DELEGATES from G7 countries, meeting in Hiroshima, are calling on G7 leaders to seize the opportunity presented by their upcoming Summit and take action on nuclear disarmament. They have reminded leaders that “possession or use of nuclear weapons is...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 27, 2023 | Briefing
THE PUBLIC ORDER BILL, which has now been passed by Parliament in the United Kingdom, is deeply troubling legislation that is incompatible with the UK’s international human rights obligations regarding people’s rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 27, 2023 | Briefing
AT 5PM on Monday 24 April, a deadline set by the UK’s biggest ever single-location, collaborative climate protest expired. Now, more than 200 leading environmental and social justice groups (including Extinction Rebellion (XR), Greenpeace, War on Want, Avaaz and...
by Staff Writer | Apr 27, 2023 | Briefing
ALMOST TWO THIRDS (63 per cent) of school senior leaders in England report having to cut teaching assistants and half report cutting trips this year, according to new polling. The survey of 1,428 teachers, conducted by the National Foundation for Educational...
by Staff Writer | Apr 26, 2023 | Briefing
RESPONDING TO A CLAIM made by UK Minister for Immigration Robert Jenrick in the House of Commons this afternoon, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has issued this statement: UNHCR is aware of recent public statements suggesting that refugees wishing to apply...
