by Staff Writer | Jan 5, 2023 | Briefing
THE FAWCETT SOCIETY has published new data from marginal ‘red wall’ constituencies in northern England, looking at which policies to tackle the gender pay gap would win votes in a general election. One of the key findings was that 36 per cent of women in...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 5, 2023 | Briefing
MASSIVE INCOME AND MATERIAL DEPRIVATION GAPS between people with disabilities and the rest of the population mean that disabled people are hugely exposed to the rising costs of essentials, with two-in-five unable to heat their homes this winter, and almost a third...
by Staff Writer | Jan 4, 2023 | Briefing
TO MARK THE NEW YEAR, Just Stop Oil released a statement in which they noted that during 2022, 138 of their supporters were jailed for non-violently demanding an end to new oil and gas projects. The statement urges members of the media to confront the vested interests...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 4, 2023 | Briefing
ON MONDAY 2 JANUARY 2023, the Israeli District Coordination and Liaison Office (DCO) notified the Palestinian DCO that in the coming days, about 1,000 Palestinians from Masafer Yatta whose land was designated “Firing Zone 918” will receive notices of eviction from...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 3, 2023 | Briefing
NEW ANALYSIS FROM CITIZENS ADVICE has revealed the stark reality of people’s finances as they head into the new year. Research from the charity shows more than one in three UK adults (37 per cent) say they’d find it difficult or impossible to cover even a £20 increase...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 3, 2023 | Briefing
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS (RSF) has called on Turkey to stop persecuting Can Dündar, a Turkish investigative journalist living in self-exile in Germany. Mr Dündar has just been added to the Turkish interior ministry’s ‘grey list’ of persons wanted for...
