by Agency Reporter | Jul 20, 2022 | Briefing
THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javaid Rehman, has hailed the conviction of an Iranian official by a Swedish court for his involvement in summary executions and enforced disappearances against political...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 20, 2022 | Briefing
PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC 1.3 million families across Britain had no savings, with a third saying they would have to rely on friends and families for help in the case of an unexpected expense, according to new Resolution Foundation research. The Foundation’s third annual...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 19, 2022 | Briefing
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHARITY GREEN CHRISTIAN is asking Christians to “read the signs of the times” as the UK witnesses extreme temperatures this week. It congratulates churches which have opened ‘cool sanctuaries’ for rough sleepers and...
by Staff Writer | Jul 19, 2022 | Briefing
COUNCIL TAX IN WALES IS SET TO BE REFORMED under new plans put forward by the Welsh Government. As part of the Co-operation Agreement with Plaid Cymru, the reforms aim to ensure a more progressive approach to supporting the local services which council tax helps pay...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 18, 2022 | Briefing
AS CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP CANDIDATES debate a range of potential tax cuts, new IPPR analysis of the effect of lowering the basic income tax rate to 19 per cent has revealed a wide gap between its impact on the richest and poorest households. Almost half the total tax...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 18, 2022 | Briefing
THE HOME OFFICE HAS ANNOUNCED plans to reopen the Campsfield House immigration detention centre in Kidlington, north of Oxford, in 2023 as a new immigration removal centre. While the government calls this part of the, “fair but firm immigration system,” Quaker...
