by Agency Reporter | Aug 15, 2022 | Briefing
INCREASING TAXES ON NORTH SEA OIL AND GAS companies would triple the amount of money the government can raise from fossil fuel companies making excessive profits, which could be used to ease the burden for families this winter. As energy bills continue to rise, the...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 15, 2022 | Briefing
A GROUP OF 60 GHANAIAN CHILDREN aged 5 to 17 have taken the first steps in legal action against the cocoa producer Olam, which supplies brands including Cadbury (Mondelez), Nestle, Ferrero and Starbucks. They claim the company is negligent as a result of the...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 14, 2022 | Briefing
THE BMA WILL BALLOT JUNIOR DOCTOR MEMBERS in England for industrial action if the Government does not commit to full restoration of junior doctors’ pay to levels equivalent to 2008/09 by the end of September 2022. Following an emergency meeting of the UK junior...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 13, 2022 | Briefing
NEW ANALYSIS BY THE TUC shows that energy bills are now expected to cost more than two months of average take-home pay in 2023 – unless the government intervenes. Average take-home pay (after tax) will be £2,054 per month in 2023 based on Bank of England forecasts,...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 13, 2022 | Briefing
QUAKERS ARE DRAWING CHURCH ATTENTION to work by an Oxford museum and a Naga research team to return human remains to the mountainous border area between Myanmar and India. The on-going decolonisation work at the Pitt Rivers Museum will see the return of more than 200...
by Staff Writer | Aug 12, 2022 | Briefing
THE DRIEST WEEKS FOR PARTS OF ENGLAND since 1935 have left nature under pressure with wildfires devastating landscapes, habitats left parched, and wildlife endangered by concentrated levels of pollutants in low-flowing rivers. The Wildlife Trusts are extremely...
