by Agency Reporter | Apr 25, 2022 | Briefing
THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION says the UK Government has reached its last chance to listen to frontline NHS and care workers and demonstrate its commitment to safely staffing health and care services, ahead of a crucial debate in Parliament this week. MPs will...
by Staff Writer | Apr 25, 2022 | Briefing
MPs HAVE BACKED CALLS from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) for all asbestos to be removed from public and commercial buildings. The Work and Pensions Select Committee has published a report from its inquiry into asbestos management, in which it cites TUC calls for...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 24, 2022 | Briefing
ALMOST 90 PER CENT of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Covid-19 loans require developing countries which have been denied equal access to vaccines, and are facing some of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, to adopt tough new austerity measures that will further...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 23, 2022 | Briefing
ORTHODOX INSTITUTIONS AND INDIVIDUALS have called for unimpeded access to the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem for Holy Fire Saturday (23 April) and Easter (24 April). The Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem has rejected restrictions announced by Israeli police. In a...
by Staff Writer | Apr 23, 2022 | Briefing
MORE THAN 25,000 RAILWAY STAFF have now been trained to identify and help vulnerable people, inside and outside of the rail network, thanks to Samaritans’ partnership with Network Rail and the wider rail industry. This means that more than one in five people in the...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 22, 2022 | Briefing
THE EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION is requiring the Department for Work and Pensions to improve its treatment of disabled benefit claimants. This is in response to serious concerns about failures to meet the needs of claimants with mental health impairments and...
