by Agency Reporter | Jun 26, 2024 | Briefing
GOVERNMENTS will meet at the United Nations in New York this week to work on the UN Ocean Treaty for the first time since it opened for signatures in September 2023. The High Seas are home to millions of species and ecosystems but less than one per cent are fully...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 25, 2024 | Briefing
REPRESENTATIVES of Green Christian joined a wide range of Christian organisations at the Restore Nature Now march held in London on Saturday 22 June, which was attended by over 60,000 people. The day started with a packed service at Farm Street Church in central...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 25, 2024 | Briefing
FIGURES published by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show outstanding council tax arrears in England have reached a total of £6 billion as of 31 March 2024, a nine per cent year-on-year rise and a 71 per cent increase since before the...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 25, 2024 | Briefing
THOUSANDS of unpaid carers in Scotland can now apply for a new benefit. Carer Support Payment, the replacement for Carer’s Allowance, is available from 24 June in Angus and North and South Lanarkshire. Carers living in these areas are the first to be able to...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 24, 2024 | Briefing
ONE of the country’s most senior doctors, Professor Philip Banfield, will say in a major speech to doctors today (Monday 24 June), that despite calling an election, the Prime Minister still needs to answer for the ‘empty promises,’ that have resulted in junior doctors...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 24, 2024 | Briefing
HARROWING testimonies from mothers in Gaza, released today by international aid agency Christian Aid, reveal the catastrophic conditions they are enduring while pregnant and giving birth. The UK charity’s partner, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR),...
