by Agency Reporter | Jul 4, 2022 | Briefing
THE TUC HAS CONDEMNED the UK government’s “total disregard” for workers around the world and says it is “giving countries a free pass” on “abhorrent” labour rights abuses in a rush to agree trade deals. The criticism comes as the TUC publishes its analysis of the...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 4, 2022 | Briefing
THE RSPB HAS PUBLISHED a comprehensive review of studies looking at the harmful effect of pesticides on wildlife, and sets out why the current risk assessments are not protecting wildlife from these chemicals. The report comes 60 years after Rachel Carson published...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 3, 2022 | Briefing
THREE MILLION ‘FUEL POOR’ HOUSEHOLDS IN ENGLAND – already struggling with the rising cost of living – are having to pay an extra £250 a year on average on fuel bills because of poorly insulated homes, new analysis by the Local Government Association (LGA)...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 2, 2022 | Briefing
BRITISH PACIFISTS HAVE CONDEMNED Boris Johnson’s announcement of a sharp rise in military spending, describing it as an insult to everyone struggling with the cost-of-living crisis. The Peace Pledge Union (PPU), Britain’s leading pacifist network, is...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 2, 2022 | Briefing
GIRLS AS YOUNG AS TWELVE are being forced into child marriage and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) at “alarming rates” in the Horn of Africa, as the most severe drought in forty years pushes families to the edge, warns UNICEF. In the regions of Ethiopia worst affected...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 1, 2022 | Briefing
A BLIND SELF-EMPLOYED WORKER is challenging the Department of Work and Pensions over its continuing failure to communicate with him in a format that he can access. Dr Yusuf Ali Osman has applied for judicial review of Secretary of StateTherese Coffey’s, means of...
