by Agency Reporter | Apr 8, 2023 | Briefing
MOST UK public bodies do not know how much fraud they face, and cannot demonstrate that they have the correct level of counter fraud resources, according to the National Audit Office (NAO), an independent Parliamentary body in the United Kingdom. The amount of fraud...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 7, 2023 | Briefing
PURPOSEFUL ACTIVITY in prisons in England and Wales – that is access to education, employment, exercise or time out of cell to take part in meaningful activity – has never been as bad as it is now, with prisons continuing to fail to return to the pre-pandemic regimes...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 7, 2023 | Briefing
NUMEROUS BISHOPS are among the church leaders calling on Christians across the country to join them outside Parliament, demanding an end to the fossil fuel era. The call comes ahead of The Big One – a climate protest, which is taking place from 21 to 24 April. The Big...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 6, 2023 | Briefing
OXFAM IS CALLING on the UK government urgently to step up its funding to East Africa as five consecutive seasons of drought exacerbated by conflict, disease and soaring food prices continue to propel parts of the region towards the brink of famine. With people facing...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 6, 2023 | Briefing
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS (RSF) Secretary-General Christophe Deloire and Director of Operations Rebecca Vincent have been denied access to visit Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange in Belmarsh prison, despite receiving confirmation that a visit would be permitted. On 4...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 5, 2023 | Briefing
BRITAIN’S CYCLE of weak and highly volatile public investment has left the country poorer, and is so deeply embedded that a complete overhaul is needed of how we make decisions on critical public investment, according to new research from the Resolution...
