by Agency Reporter | Oct 22, 2022 | Briefing
FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS, a German-backed scholarship programme has helped transform the lives and prospects of numerous displaced young people. The Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative (DAFI) scholarship programme has transformed over 21,500 refugee...
by Staff Writer | Oct 21, 2022 | Briefing
GAMBLING TREATMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICES need to dovetail better with debt advice, to ensure that recovery pathways for people affected by gambling harm are more likely to succeed, according to a new report by the University of Bristol in conjunction with StepChange...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 21, 2022 | Briefing
NEW FIGURES RELEASED BY THE GOVERNMENT in response to a Parliamentary Question show that thousands of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children have been placed in hotels since October 2021. This includes 899 children aged just 14 and 15. These figures come as the report...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 20, 2022 | Briefing
QUAKERS IN BRITAIN have briefed key MPs ahead of the final Commons debate, which took place on Tuesday 18 October. The Public Order Bill would bring in draconian new offences and restrictions around protest, including: Introducing Serious Disruption Prevention...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 20, 2022 | Briefing
THE COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD have begun discussions at the United Nations over whether to establish a UN tax convention – which could slash the scope for tax abuse by multinational companies and wealthy individuals, in the biggest shakeup in international tax rules for...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 19, 2022 | Briefing
LATEST DATA from the Food Foundation’s food insecurity tracker shows a rapidly worsening picture as the cost of living crisis deepens. This adds a growing urgency to the need for government action to help those worst hit by the continuing rise in food prices....
