by Agency Reporter | Oct 31, 2022 | Briefing
THE TUC IS CALLING FOR better pay and conditions for the 3.2 million workers who regularly work nights. New analysis published by the union body reveals that three in 10 (28 per cent) night-workers earn less than £10, and seven in 10 (69 per cent) earn less than £15...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 31, 2022 | Briefing
AS INTENSIFYING CLIMATE IMPACTS across the globe drive home the message that greenhouse gas emissions must fall rapidly, a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report finds that the international community is still falling far short of the Paris goals, with no credible...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 30, 2022 | Briefing
THE HEAD OF A CHRISTIAN CHARITY which fights global poverty has been named as the next Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. The Rev Sally Foster-Fulton who has led Christian Aid in Scotland since 2016, will take a year’s sabbatical to become...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 29, 2022 | Briefing
ENGLAND’S LARGEST COUNCILS have warned that any moves to cut their budgets next year would be “worse than austerity” and result in “devastating” reductions to local services – with local authorities offering just the bare minimum. With...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 29, 2022 | Briefing
A 16-YEAR-OLD STUDENT at Ramallah Friends School in Palestine has been arrested and held without charge by the Israeli military since 18 October. Shadi Khoury, 16, was beaten and dragged from his family home in Jerusalem in the early hours, barefoot and blindfold,...
by Staff Writer | Oct 28, 2022 | Briefing
ADVICE NI is the independent advice network in Northern Ireland, providing advice on social security, money and debt, employment rights and many other issues. Bob Stronge, Chief Executive of Advice NI has delivered a sombre assessment of the pressures facing...
