by Agency Reporter | Apr 11, 2023 | Briefing
A NATIONAL ENERGY GUARANTEE which entitles every household in the UK to a free amount of essential energy would lower bills for 88 per cent of households by 2024, according to research from the New Economics Foundation (NEF.) This could be done for the same amount...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 11, 2023 | Briefing
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL and Troubles victims have welcomed the Irish government’s restatement of its opposition to the UK’s controversial Troubles Bill, after Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin told the delegation that all cards were on the table...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 10, 2023 | Briefing
THIS EASTER, church leaders across the UK are being urged by the international development charity Christian Aid to stand with the Palestinian and Israeli people in building a just peace. Since the beginning of 2022, more than 270 Palestinians and more than 30...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 10, 2023 | Briefing
THE UNITED NATIONS General Assembly has adopted a resolution seeking an advisory opinion on climate change and human rights from the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The decision is a milestone in a campaign launched over two years ago by the Pacific Island...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 9, 2023 | Briefing
A STATEMENT signed by more than 1,450 church leaders opposing the UK government’s Illegal Migration Bill has been handed to 10 Downing Street, saying that the government’s proposals are “incompatible with our Christian conviction that all human beings are made in the...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 8, 2023 | Briefing
THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT has brought forward legislation which would deliver a step change in the tax transparency of major multinationals – with global ramifications. Australia’s proposed legislation, which is expected to pass with a comfortable majority, would...
