by Agency Reporter | Jul 27, 2022 | Briefing
CONSECUTIVE ISRAELI GOVERNMENTS have imposed a severe closure regime on the civilian population of Gaza since 2007, which has left 2.1 million Palestinians struggling to survive. In a joint statement released on 20 July, Quakers in Britain, Christian Aid, CAFOD and...
by Staff Writer | Jul 26, 2022 | Briefing
THE NHS AND SOCIAL CARE in England face the greatest workforce crisis in their history, compounded by the absence of a credible government strategy to tackle the situation, say MPs. In the NHS, persistent understaffing poses a serious risk to staff and patient safety...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 26, 2022 | Briefing
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF ENERGY retail companies would reduce bills, speed up energy efficiency improvements to UK homes, and cut carbon emissions faster, according to a new report from the TUC. The TUC’s Affordable Energy Plan would keep bills down by: Ending shareholder...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 25, 2022 | Briefing
THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN ENGLAND waiting for a place in a secure children’s home (SCH) has doubled in a year, new figures show, underlining the urgent need for the Government to tackle the severe lack of provision that supports some of the most vulnerable young...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 25, 2022 | Briefing
IN A NEW REPORT highlighting the psychological impact of class-based inequalities and discrimination, the British Psychological Society (BPS) argues that to truly ‘level up’ and tackle the widening social mobility gap, social class should be protected under the...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 24, 2022 | Briefing
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HAS SAID that a new UK trade deal with Israel “must not be a betrayal of Palestinians’ human rights”. International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan met the Israeli Ambassador to the UK Tzipi Hotovely in London on 20 July to begin...
