by Agency Reporter | Aug 31, 2022 | Briefing
AGE UK HAS RESPONDED TO OFGEM’S ANNOUNCEMENT that the energy price cap will rise by 80 per cent from 1 October 2022. Caroline Abrahams, Charity Director at Age UK, said: “Millions of pensioners will now be coming to terms with the reality of what it means for them:...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 31, 2022 | Briefing
ISRAEL’S REFUSAL TO ISSUE OR RENEW VISAS for UN Human Rights staff in the occupied Palestinian territory will not prevent the Office from continuing to monitor and report on the human rights situation on the ground, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 30, 2022 | Briefing
MORE PEOPLE THAN EVER are having to wait more than six months for a decision on their asylum claim, new figures released by the Home Office show. In the 12 months to June 2022 some 85,917 people had been waiting more than six months for a decision on their claim. The...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 30, 2022 | Briefing
AFTER FOUR WEEKS OF DELIBERATIONS at UN headquarters in New York, the 10th review conference of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) ended on 26 August without agreeing on an outcome document, with Russia blocking a final agreement. The conference was held amid...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 29, 2022 | Briefing
THE RESPONSE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY to the early warning signs of a hunger crisis in East Africa has been branded “hugely inadequate” as hunger more than doubles in one year according to analysis by the international development charity, Christian Aid. In a...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 29, 2022 | Briefing
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION (JRF) is warning energy may increasingly become a luxury only the wealthy can afford, as it reveals new analysis showing low-income families will endure unthinkable bills that take a bigger bite out of their household budgets than those...
