by Agency Reporter | Oct 15, 2022 | Briefing
THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC) countries’ hosting of a series of major sporting events should not be allowed to overshadow their record of ongoing human rights violations, says Amnesty International. The remarks come ahead of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar and...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 15, 2022 | Briefing
UPRATING BENEFITS IN LINE WITH EARNINGS next year could save £3 billion but would set the typical incomes of the poorest fifth of working-age families back to levels not seen since 2000-01, according to new analysis published by the Resolution Foundation. The latest...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 14, 2022 | Briefing
A NEW GUIDE which challenges much of the ‘neutral’ and ‘scientific’ language commonly used when writing about conservation and climate change has been launched by Survival International. The Guide to Decolonise Language in Conservation is aimed...
by Staff Writer | Oct 14, 2022 | Briefing
THE CHARITY MOTHERS’ UNION has joined together in partnership with Women’s Aid to support the Come Together to End Domestic Abuse campaign, urging everyone to play their part in ending domestic abuse. An estimated 1.6 million women experience domestic abuse...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 13, 2022 | Briefing
DESPITE DECADES OF ACTIVISM from bereaved people and their supporters, the deaths of racialised people in prison have too often been dismissed, and the role of racism has been overlooked and ignored, says a new report from INQUEST. The report, Deaths of racialised...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 13, 2022 | Briefing
THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (BMA) is calling on the Government to avert a major exodus of senior hospital doctors in England, as its new survey of nearly 8,000 doctors reveals that nearly half (44 per cent) of hospital consultant respondents in England plan to...
