by Staff Writer | Sep 24, 2022 | Briefing
LONGER-TERM JOINT PLANNING is needed to address child poverty in Scotland, which has increased since targets were set in 2017. The Scottish Government’s policies and spending remain more focused on helping children out of poverty rather than long-term measures...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 23, 2022 | Briefing
PRESIDENT PUTIN has issued his most aggressive threats to use nuclear weapons to date. In a speech delivered on 21 September 2022, Putin announced a partial mobilisation of Russian military forces and made new and more explicit threats to use nuclear weapons “in the...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 23, 2022 | Briefing
THE PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE METHODIST CONFERENCE have joined a coalition of over 50 faith and charity leaders calling on the Prime Minister to prioritise support for the poorest in their cost of living announcements, ahead of Friday’s fiscal statement....
by Agency Reporter | Sep 22, 2022 | Briefing
DURING QUAKER WEEK, Quaker communities up and down the country are inviting everyone in to share meals, conversation, all-age craft activities, and Quaker meetings. Quakers worship both in stillness and in joyful, much noisier, children’s activities: in an...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 22, 2022 | Briefing
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTÓNIO GUTERRES has warned that as people from all points of the globe cry out for relief and hope, international action on major challenges – from climate to conflict and securing sustainable development – is paralysed by dysfunction and held...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 21, 2022 | Briefing
A NEW REPORT FROM OPERATION NOAH has made recommendations of ways to reduce and store carbon emissions to one of the country’s largest landowners, the Church of England, which owns approximately 0.5 per cent of the UK’s land. The report is also relevant to other UK...
