by Staff Writer | Dec 16, 2022 | Briefing
DIVISIONS BETWEEN Black prisoners and White staff are entrenched throughout the prison service in England and Wales, and black prison staff report very negative experiences at work. But both of these problems could be tackled through taking a more creative approach...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 16, 2022 | Briefing
FEWER LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS were made in the companies behind the nuclear weapons industry, according to a new report, Risky Returns, published by PAX (the largest peace organisation in the Netherlands) and ICAN, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons....
by Staff Writer | Dec 15, 2022 | Briefing
MORE THAN FIFTY key church figures have written to the Charity Commission asking it to investigate the Church of England’s safeguarding practices. The signatories are lay and ordained people, and a number who are elected members of the General Synod. They include some...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 15, 2022 | Briefing
NEW ANALYSIS from the Trade Union Congress (TUC) reveals that 2022 has been the worst year for real wage growth in nearly half a century. The analysis of official statistics reveals that real wages (that is, wages after the cost of living has been taken into account)...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 15, 2022 | Briefing
BMW AND JAGUAR LAND ROVER leather suppliers are linked to illegal deforestation in the territory of one of the world’s most threatened uncontacted tribes, according to an official complaint launched by Survival International. Two Italian companies, Pasubio and Gruppo...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 14, 2022 | Briefing
UNPAID CARERS WHO HAVE PART-TIME JOBS will be forced to reduce their working hours for the fourth consecutive year, as the earnings threshold for receiving Carer’s Allowance fails to keep pace with the National Living Wage. Carer’s Allowance is set to rise with...
