by Staff Writer | Mar 20, 2023 | Briefing
MEMBERS of Church Action on Poverty’s Speaking Truth To Power national panel met last week to discuss the UK government’s latest budget. Their response was overall one of disappointment, which they summed up as “some positives, much upset and many...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 19, 2023 | Briefing
PEACE ACTIVISTS from across London, East Anglia and the Home Counties will rally at the US Embassy in Nine Elms, south London, next Tuesday to protest against the return to Britain of US nuclear bombs. In January this year, the Federation of American Scientists...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 18, 2023 | Briefing
NEW RESEARCH from the Howard League for Penal Reform reveals that the widespread adherence of the legal system to the notion that the law should be ‘colourblind’ and ‘race neutral’ is a barrier to eradicating and challenging racist and discriminatory practice. Race...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 18, 2023 | Briefing
THE INAUGURAL Partnership for Healthy Cities summit was convened in London this week by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the World Health Organisation, Vital Strategies, and Mayor Sadiq Khan of London, Five global cities were recognised for their achievements in preventing...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 17, 2023 | Briefing
THE CENTRE for Mental Health has issued a statement on the UK Government’s budget and its Health and Disability White Paper, saying that they signal major changes to the benefits system which could have profound impacts on people’s mental health, as well as...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 17, 2023 | Briefing
A NEW REPORT from Survival International has exposed major flaws in a flagship carbon credits scheme whose customers have included Meta and Netflix. The report, Blood Carbon: how a carbon offset scheme makes millions from Indigenous land in Northern Kenya, analyses...
