by Agency Reporter | Jul 1, 2022 | Briefing
THE CROSS-PARTY FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMMITTEE has published a new report, The Cost of Complacency: illicit finance and the war in Ukraine. The Committee calls on the UK government to act now, while sanctions against Russia are in place, to tackle the flow of illicit...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 30, 2022 | Briefing
MORE THAN 500 YOUNG PEOPLE leaving care in Wales will be offered £1600 each month (before tax) for two years from 1 July 2022 to support them as they make the transition to adult life. Launched by First Minister Mark Drakeford, it is hoped the pilot will set care...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 30, 2022 | Briefing
DESPITE UK GOVERNMENT SUPPORT, three quarters of households (21 million) will, on average, see the cost of living outpace incomes come October, according to new analysis by the New Economics Foundation (NEF). For the poorest quarter of households, the cost of living...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 29, 2022 | Briefing
REPRESENTATIVES AT THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (BMA) Annual Representative Meeting in Brighton have backed motions calling for the UK Government to urgently put in place an NHS workforce plan in order to tackle the record backlog in care. Responding, Dr David...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 29, 2022 | Briefing
SINCE THE ELECTION IN MID-JUNE of the Rev Dr Prof Jerry Pillay as new World Council of Churches (WCC) General Secretary, concerns have been raised, predominantly in Jewish media, about his position on Israel and the Jewish communities and their faith. The WCC General...
by Staff Writer | Jun 28, 2022 | Briefing
CONCERNS HAVE GROWN among councils in recent months that the UK Government’s adult social care charging reforms in England are potentially hugely underfunded, which will risk their implementation as well as exacerbating existing pressures on the system. Of the £36...
