by Staff Writer | Feb 2, 2023 | Briefing
CHILDREN ARE GENERALLY MAKING PROGRESS to recover the learning they lost during the Covid-19 pandemic following action taken by the Department for Education (DfE), but disadvantaged pupils remain further behind the expected level of attainment than other pupils,...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 2, 2023 | Briefing
THE HOUSE OF LORDS passed an amendment to place buffer zones around all abortion clinics in England and Wales, in a debate on the Public Order Bill in the House of Lords on 30 January. The amendment slightly revised existing buffer zones provision in the Bill, to make...
by Staff Writer | Feb 1, 2023 | Briefing
THE BBC HAS PUBLISHED A REVIEW of its coverage of taxation, public spending, government borrowing and debt. The review assessed whether due impartiality is being achieved across its coverage of these topics, and whether a breadth of voices and viewpoints are being...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 1, 2023 | Briefing
THE MYANMAR MILITARY continues to arbitrarily arrest, torture and murder people with impunity two years after it seized power, says Amnesty International on the anniversary of the military coup. Since the coup on 1 February 2021, nearly 3,000 people have been killed,...
by Staff Writer | Jan 31, 2023 | Briefing
THE UK GOVERNMENT has announced, in response to a written question from Marsha de Cordova, Labour MP for Battersea, that the long-awaited Health Disparities White Paper will not be going ahead. Instead, the Government has announced it will publish a Major Conditions...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 31, 2023 | Briefing
A CIVIL SERVANT who was dismissed after publicly accusing then Prime Minister Boris Johnson and those around him of lying to the public, and for criticising Cabinet Secretary Simon Case over the handling of allegations relating to Chris Pincher, has launched an...
