by Agency Reporter | May 11, 2022 | Briefing
A MAJOR NEW REPORT from Quakers in Britain shines a light on schools which are putting peaceful and just learning environments at the heart of their approach to tackling the problems facing British school children, from mental ill-health to violence. The report, Peace...
by Agency Reporter | May 11, 2022 | Briefing
HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT meeting at the United Nations’ global conference on land have called on the international community to take urgent action to stem the loss of life and livelihoods that communities all over the world are experiencing, due to the increasing...
by Agency Reporter | May 10, 2022 | Briefing
MORE THAN 18,000 AFFORDABLE HOUSES HAVE BEEN LOST as a result of office-to-residential conversions under permitted development, the Local Government Association (LGA) warns. A total of 73,575 new houses have been converted from offices under permitted development...
by Agency Reporter | May 10, 2022 | Briefing
THE GREEK GOVERNMENT IS OPERATING “a two-tier refugee response”: one for Ukrainians and one for all other refugees according to a new briefing by the Greek Council for Refugees, Oxfam and Save the Children. The briefing details how, in the last two months, people...
by Agency Reporter | May 9, 2022 | Briefing
THE HARMFUL IMPACT of remanding children to custody is revealed in a new briefing from the Howard League for Penal Reform, focused on the experiences, voices and lessons to be learned from five teenagers in prison. Voices and lessons is the second briefing to be...
by Agency Reporter | May 9, 2022 | Briefing
A TOP EU COURT ADVISER has signalled that individuals should be able to demand compensation from EU governments over harm they suffer as a result of illegal air pollution. Environmental lawyers have hailed this latest step towards protecting the right to healthy air...