by Agency Reporter | Jul 12, 2024 | Briefing
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL is calling on the new UK Government to urgently rethink how protest and freedom of expression could be championed and protected across the country. The call coincides with Amnesty’s new report, Under-protected and over-restricted: The state of...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 11, 2024 | Briefing
THE HOWARD LEAGUE for Penal Reform has published a new briefing, offering the Labour government a range of policy options that could deliver a lasting solution to the prison capacity crisis. The 19-page document, Grasping the nettle, sets out the need for decisive...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 11, 2024 | Briefing
PUBLIC POLICY needs to address the root causes of rising levels of poverty, the General Synod heard on 8 July, in a debate where members voted to express concern over increasing levels of dependence on food banks. Synod members noted the “major...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 10, 2024 | Briefing
WORLD Council of Churches General Secretary. the Rev Prof Dr Jerry Pillay has strongly condemned recent attacks on the Sacred Family School in Gaza, which is being used as a shelter for civilian refugees. “This egregious act against a place of refuge and safety for...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 10, 2024 | Briefing
THE widely held belief that increasing economic growth will solve global poverty is wrong and leading the world down a dangerous path, the UN’s independent expert on poverty has warned. “For decades we have been following the same, tired recipe: grow the economy...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 9, 2024 | Briefing
CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves’ mission to deliver economic growth risks being undermined by a lack of public investment and the commitment to the previous government’s fiscal rules, the New Economics Foundation (NEF) has warned. Following the chancellor’s first major...
