by Agency Reporter | Jul 22, 2024 | Briefing
A NEW study suggests that up to seven million workers in England may lack the Essential Employment Skills (EES) they need to do their jobs by the year 2035. These skills are: communication, collaboration, problem-solving, organising, planning and prioritising work,...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 21, 2024 | Briefing
CHRISTIAN AID says the UK government must act following the International Court of Justice (ICJ) landmark opinion that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories is against international law. The ICJ statement says that Israeli settlement of Palestinian land...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 20, 2024 | Briefing
BANNING French women athletes who wear hijabs from competing at the Olympic Games breaches international human rights laws and exposes the discriminatory hypocrisy of French authorities and the craven weakness of the International Olympic Committee, says Amnesty...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 20, 2024 | Briefing
AS the school year ends and a new government sets priorities, a clearer picture emerges of a growing problem in England’s schools, with the most vulnerable children most at risk of falling out of school, and 4,100 children sent home every day. The Who’s Losing...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 19, 2024 | Briefing
A NEW Women’s Aid report shows that 22 per cent of women supported by the charity’s No Woman Turned Away project have experienced further abuse from the perpetrator while waiting for a refuge space, with 2.9 per cent forced into sleeping rough to escape...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 19, 2024 | Briefing
IN the report of Module 1 of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, Baroness Hallett says that the public health, NHS and social care sectors’ capacity to respond to the pandemic was constrained by funding, and negatively impacted by severe staff shortages and an...
