by Agency Reporter | Apr 5, 2023 | Briefing
MALAYSIA’S House of Representatives voted on 3 April to repeal the mandatory death penalty. Previously, 12 offences in Malaysia carried a mandatory death penalty, including for drug-related offences, which make up most death penalty cases in the country. The...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 4, 2023 | Briefing
LEADING EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS have warned that the UK government’s new Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill will give ministers “unfettered power” to restrict the right to strike. In a joint statement, the legal specialists say the new legislation will make Britain “an...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 4, 2023 | Briefing
GETTING PEOPLE off NHS waiting lists in England would bring benefits equivalent to £73 billion between now and 2027, according to new research from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and Lane Clark & Peacock Health Analytics {LCP}. The case for...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 3, 2023 | Briefing
A LOCAL COUNCIL in England is conducting an “urgent review” of its relationship with a Christian charity criticised by the UK government for “hate speech”. The National Secular Society raised concerns with Hampshire County Council about Zion...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 3, 2023 | Briefing
PRIVATE RENTERS who complained to their landlord, letting agent or local council in the last three years were two and a half times (159 per cent) more likely to be handed an eviction notice than those who had not complained, new research from Shelter reveals. Due to...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 2, 2023 | Briefing
QUAKERS IN BRITAIN have expressed profound disappointment and concern that the revised net zero strategy announced on 30 March provides so little of what is needed to meet the vast challenge of ending the fossil fuel era. UK climate policy remains a dispiriting mix of...
