by Agency Reporter | Mar 16, 2023 | Briefing
CLIMATE CAMPAIGNERS have said that the UK Government decision to pledge £20 billion over the next 20 years to the carbon capture industry is a ‘massive handout’ to rich oil companies and that schemes like the Acorn project risk turning the North Sea into ‘Europe’s...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 16, 2023 | Briefing
THE United Nations Secretary-General has confirmed the UN will “do everything possible to preserve the integrity” of the Black Sea Grain Initiative – the deal agreed between Ukraine and Russia last July that is due to expire in just a few days. The UN-brokered deal...
by Staff Writer | Mar 15, 2023 | Briefing
THE EQUALITY TRUST has issued a ‘report card’ on today’s Westminster Parliament Spring Budget by the UK Chancellor. Although briefed and assessed by much of the press as a “cautious” budget after the chaotic Truss era, every budget is an opportunity...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 15, 2023 | Briefing
THE BUDGET STATEMENT is a precious chance to bridge the rich-poor divide and to enable opportunities instead of barriers for people on low incomes, according to a national panel of people, who all draw on their own personal experience of struggling against poverty....
by Staff Writer | Mar 15, 2023 | Briefing
CAMPAIGNERS HAVE CONDEMNED the government’s Integrated Review Refresh, calling it a “wasted opportunity to address the security threats we face.” The Peace Pledge Union (PPU), said the review “pours fuel on the fire” of global security threats, further inflaming...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 14, 2023 | Briefing
SCHOOL GOVERNORS, head teachers, Parent Teacher Associations and others working in schools have written to the Chancellor urging him to increase child benefit and expand free school meals eligibility to reduce the impact of poverty and hardship on children and on...
