by Agency Reporter | Dec 7, 2022 | Briefing
CRUMBLING, OUTDATED, AND POORLY LAID OUT BUILDINGS in dire need of repair and modernisation, are hampering the efforts of doctors to provide safe and quality care to patients, according to a damning new report from the BMA. The report – based on research and analysis...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 7, 2022 | Briefing
THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE COMMITTEE has launched a new inquiry to examine different perspectives in the debate on assisted dying/assisted suicide. The inquiry will explore the arguments across the debate with a focus on the healthcare aspects of assisted...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 6, 2022 | Briefing
THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS is increasingly affecting young people’s education according to new research published by the Sutton Trust. A survey of school teachers across England, carried out by Teacher Tapp, reveals that teachers are seeing growing numbers of pupils...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 6, 2022 | Briefing
NEW ANALYSIS FROM THE TUC reveals that 900,000 under-21s across the UK are currently being left “massively out of pocket” due to being paid a lower rate of the minimum wage. The minimum wage ‘pay penalty’ affecting under-21s this year has been an estimated...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 5, 2022 | Briefing
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION is proposing new EU-wide rules on packaging, to tackle this constantly growing source of waste and of consumer frustration. On average, each European generates almost 180 kg of packaging waste per year. Packaging is one of the main users of...
by Staff Writer | Dec 5, 2022 | Briefing
IN REACTION to the newly released United Nations 2023 Global Humanitarian Outlook report, revealing that 339 million people (the highest on record) are in urgent need of humanitarian aid, Oxfam has joined other agencies in calling for urgent action from the...
