by Agency Reporter | Jul 7, 2022 | Briefing
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON DISABILITY BENEFITS has been steadily rising – from two per cent of the working-age population in the early 1990s (591,000) to six per cent in 2020–21 (2.2 million) – in spite of a 2013 reform which explicitly aimed to reduce the numbers. In...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 7, 2022 | Briefing
IN A BRIEFING PAPER published on 5 July, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and IOM, the International Organisation for Migration, detail the practice of child immigration detention across countries in Europe, and offer a range...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 6, 2022 | Briefing
THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, Dunja Mijatović, has completed a five-day visit to the UK (27 June to 1 July), which focused on the system for human rights protection, the situation in Northern Ireland, and children’s rights. Releasing her...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 6, 2022 | Briefing
EDUCATIONAL PROVISION IN PRISONS AND SECURE TRAINING CENTRES in England is woefully inadequate for children in both quantity and quality, according to a new guide which outlines key steps that practitioners can take to address the problem. Education inside penal...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 5, 2022 | Briefing
IN A CHALLENGE to the fossil fuel industry’s dangerous expansion plans and increasingly empty rhetoric on climate, 33 faith institutions from six countries – including two Catholic dioceses in the UK, five Church of England dioceses and a Church of England cathedral –...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 5, 2022 | Briefing
SUSPENDING DEDUCTIONS FROM UNIVERSAL CREDIT for Government debt would help plug the gap caused by the shortfall between the Government’s support measures and wider price increases for over a million low income households, says StepChange Debt Charity. The charity has...
