by Agency Reporter | Mar 1, 2023 | Briefing
A NEW BILL being considered in Peru’s Congress, described by Survival International as “a naked land grab by the oil and gas industry”, could wipe out the country’s uncontacted tribes, Indigenous organisations and experts have warned. They have labelled it the...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 1, 2023 | Briefing
WOMEN WHOSE LIVES have been affected by crime linked to gambling have spoken about their experiences and revealed how a lack of awareness among agencies at each stage of the criminal justice system – from police stations to prisons – left them without the support they...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 28, 2023 | Briefing
THE TRADES UNION CONGRESS (TUC) has published analysis by the New Economics Foundation (NEF) showing that Rishi Sunak’s government has hidden forthcoming cuts to departmental budgets of £28 billion a year (2022/23 prices) by 2027/28. Ministers have had the opportunity...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 28, 2023 | Briefing
THE RETAINED EU LAW (REUL) BILL threatens to erode UK democracy and grant the UK government unchecked power when determining the fate of longstanding legal protections, a new legal analysis warns. This is the conclusion of a legal opinion provided to ClientEarth,...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 27, 2023 | Briefing
CHILD POVERTY ACTION GROUP and the North East Child Poverty Commission are calling for changes to universal credit and benefit deductions rules, in light of new data revealing the UK Government is clawing back over £80 million a month in deductions from families’...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 27, 2023 | Briefing
POLLING from the Health Foundation shows that support among people in England for the UK government’s handling of the NHS is at the lowest in two decades. Across the UK as a whole, only 10 per cent of people agree that their government has the right policies for...
