by Agency Reporter | Feb 14, 2023 | Briefing
LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES are being disproportionately affected by church closures, pioneering new research has revealed. Church Action on Poverty launched its ‘Church On The Margins’ work in 2020, and has spent three years studying closures across Greater...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 14, 2023 | Briefing
IN RESPONSE to the devastating earthquakes impacting Turkey and the Syrian Arab Republic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has delivered 72 metric tons of trauma and emergency surgery supplies, including treatments, to both countries in support of the ongoing...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 13, 2023 | Briefing
THE UK GOVERNMENT’S Department of Work and Pensions has announced that, from 9 February, cohabiting parents will be able to claim bereavement benefits to help them bring up dependent children. Until now, around 1,800 parents a year have missed out on these...
by Staff Writer | Feb 13, 2023 | Briefing
THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE that scrutinises the work of the UK Justice Ministry has expressed regret that the government has rejected its recommendation to review all sentences imposed under legislation that effectively allows for indefinite terms of imprisonment,...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 12, 2023 | Briefing
NEW GOVERNMENT FIGURES reveal the number of households living in privately rented homes in England who were evicted by bailiffs as a result of Section 21 proceedings has increased by 143 per cent in a year (from 792 households between Oct and Dec 2021 to 1,924 between...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 12, 2023 | Briefing
TO MARK CREATION SUNDAY (12 February) the Church in Wales has launched a 10-point plan to help churches cut their carbon footprint. The guide suggests actions every church can take, starting with small steps and building up towards larger targets. It has been produced...
