by Agency Reporter | Dec 23, 2022 | Briefing
THE UK GOVERNMENT is spending £1 billion pounds less on cutting domestic emissions than it is raising through carbon taxes, research published by the New Economics Foundation (NEF) finds. The UK emissions trading scheme, which charges certain businesses for emitting...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 22, 2022 | Briefing
MORE THAN 500 EXPERTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH and criminal justice have signed an open letter to the Home Office, condemning proposals in the Government’s White Paper: Swift, Certain, Tough: New Consequences for Drug Possession. Release, the drug charity which helped...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 22, 2022 | Briefing
JUNIOR DOCTORS ARE CUTTING BACK on buying food and heating their homes, as they regularly borrow money from family and friends to help make ends meet. In a survey of more than 4,500 junior doctors by the British Medical Association (BMA), junior doctors also reveal...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 21, 2022 | Briefing
THE SEISMIC CHANGES to the relationship with our nearest neighbours and the impact of Brexit have only added fuel to the fire of severe challenges facing health and social care in the UK today, making people less healthy and widening health inequalities. The warning...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 21, 2022 | Briefing
ALMOST HALF OF PARENTS AND CARERS (46 per cent) said it was likely they will need to borrow money over the winter months to pay for essentials such as food and energy, according to a new survey conducted on behalf of The Children’s Society. The research found this...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 20, 2022 | Briefing
DEMONISING VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING and contemporary forms of slavery erodes public sympathy for measures to protect them, and may lead to attacks on these groups by extremists, UN experts have warned, urging the Westminster government to step up efforts to protect...
