by Agency Reporter | Oct 9, 2022 | Briefing
NEW FUNDS ANNOUNCED LAST MONTH for women’s services in the criminal justice system will fall short of the system-wide investment needed, new research from Women in Prison suggests. The £24 million committed during the final week of Boris Johnson’s premiership to...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 8, 2022 | Briefing
ORGANISED SUPPORT FOR BEREAVED CHILDREN AND ADULTS needs transforming says the UK Commission on Bereavement (UKCB). The scale of loss across the UK since the pandemic has been laid bare in the Commission’s new report, Bereavement is everyone’s business, which...
by Staff Writer | Oct 8, 2022 | Briefing
THE UK GOVERNMENT HAS OPENED a new licensing round for fossil fuel companies to drill for oil and gas in the North Sea. The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) is inviting applications for licences to explore and potentially develop 898 blocks and part-blocks in the...
by Staff Writer | Oct 7, 2022 | Briefing
MORE THAN 450,000 PEOPLE could be made to pay their energy bills with a prepayment meter by the end of 2022 because they have fallen into debt, in addition to the millions of people already on them. This is according to Citizens Advice analysis of Ofgem data on the...
by Staff Writer | Oct 7, 2022 | Briefing
QUAKERS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ATLANTIC are holding a public act of prayer outside one of the world’s biggest investors in coal today, 7 October. The Vanguard Group has $7 trillion in global assets, at least $86 billion of which is tied up in coal, along with billions...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 6, 2022 | Briefing
A NEW REPORT FROM THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION (JRF) in Scotland paints a bleak picture of a nation in crisis mode after the fiercest attack on living standards in a lifetime. The report includes distressing testimonies from thousands of families struggling to come...
