by Agency Reporter | Oct 28, 2022 | Briefing
SOME OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST aid and development organisations have signed up to a far-reaching set of commitments to create closer partnerships with local and national organisations in a drive to shift more power, decision-making and money to the places worst...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 27, 2022 | Briefing
MOST PEOPLE CROSSING INTO THE UK on small boats would have successful asylum claims if they were processed, according to new research by IPPR. Approximately 70 per cent of people who arrived in small boats since 2018 would be granted asylum if their claims were...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 27, 2022 | Briefing
RISHI SUNAK HAS BEEN URGED to abandon Liz Truss’ plan of raising military spending to three per cent of national income – effectively an increase of 60 per cent on current spending levels. As Sunak reappointed Ben Wallace as Defence Secretary, there was...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 26, 2022 | Briefing
PROTESTERS led by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and Drone Wars will gather to oppose the first UK military space launch at Newquay Airport on Saturday 29 October (between noon and 2pm). The day marks the opening of a two-week window granted by the Civil...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 26, 2022 | Briefing
THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT must investigate unlawful attacks committed during Israel’s August assault on the Gaza Strip as war crimes, says Amnesty International in a major new report. On 5 August, Israel launched what it described as a “pre-emptive” military...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 25, 2022 | Briefing
CHRISTIAN AID has responded to the news that Rishi Sunak will be the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The Chief Executive of Christian Aid, Patrick Watt said: “In the face of the worst global cost of living crisis in a generation, the new Prime Minister...
