by Agency Reporter | Jun 15, 2022 | Briefing
A PROMINENT RWANDAN YOUTUBE COMMENTATOR has accused prison authorities of beating him and other jailed critics, Human Rights Watch reported on 13 June. In a statement at a court hearing in Kigali on 30 May, 2022, Aimable Karasira, held in Nyarugenge prison, also said...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 15, 2022 | Briefing
TOTAL SPENDING ON ADULT EDUCATION and apprenticeships in England fell by 38 per cent in real-terms between 2010–11 and 2020–21, with a 50 per cent fall in spending on classroom-based adult education (these figures exclude higher education). The UK Government’s...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 14, 2022 | Briefing
MORE THAN SEVEN PER CENT OF ALL ENGLAND’S PLANNED HOUSE BUILDING cannot go ahead due to river pollution levels, with further house building banned in other areas because of low water levels, analysis by the Local Government Association (LGA) reveals. The LGA...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 14, 2022 | Briefing
THE YOUNG WOMEN’S TRUST has released the results of its annual survey of young women, finding a bleak picture, with young mothers experiencing particular disadvantage. The survey of over 4,000 young women aged 18 to 30 and over 1,000 young men found that over...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 13, 2022 | Briefing
THE UK IS RECRUITING NURSES from a third of the world’s most short-staffed countries, new analysis reveals. New joiners to the UK nursing workforce include personnel from 14 countries on a ‘red list’ of 47 from which the UK Government insists they should...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 13, 2022 | Briefing
THE CHILD POVERTY ACTION GROUP (CPAG), has published new analysis based on free school meals data released by the Department for Education, showing that children in poverty in England continue to be overlooked by government measures. Over one in three (800,000)...
