by Agency Reporter | May 26, 2022 | Briefing
A NET ZERO INVESTMENT PLAN that leverages the UK’s existing economic strengths could help to drive growth and ‘level up’ the country as the benefits would be concentrated in lower-productivity areas of the UK outside London and the South East, according to new...
by Agency Reporter | May 26, 2022 | Briefing
AS THE COST OF ESSENTIAL GOODS RISES faster than it has in decades, billionaires in the food and energy sectors are increasing their fortunes by $1 billion every two days. For every new billionaire created during the pandemic – one every 30 hours – nearly a million...
by Agency Reporter | May 25, 2022 | Briefing
THE FOOD FOUNDATION is launching an online portal to share the experiences of people struggling to survive Britain’s cost of living crisis. Breadline Voices, a new series from The Food Foundation, features powerful case studies highlighting the grim reality facing...
by Agency Reporter | May 25, 2022 | Briefing
COMMISSIONERS AT THE 2022 GENERAL ASSEMBLY have overwhelmingly welcomed an historic agreement between the Church of Scotland and the Catholic Church in Scotland, and proposed calling it the Saint Margaret Declaration, after the 11th Century Scottish Queen venerated...
by Agency Reporter | May 25, 2022 | Briefing
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE FORCED TO FLEE conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution has now crossed the staggering milestone of 100 million for the first time on record, propelled by the war in Ukraine and other deadly conflicts. “One hundred million is a...
by Agency Reporter | May 24, 2022 | Briefing
AN HISTORIC VOTE HAS TAKEN PLACE which will allow Church of Scotland ministers and deacons to marry same-sex couples. The General Assembly voted by 274 votes to 136.to change a standing church law, to allow the right to apply to become an authorised celebrant to...
