by Staff Writer | Apr 16, 2022 | Briefing
THE POSSIBLE RETURN of US nuclear weapons to RAF Lakenheath after 14 years has been branded “a disaster” by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). It comes amid reports that the US Department of Defence quietly added the UK to a list of NATO nuclear weapons...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 15, 2022 | Briefing
UNITED BY HOPE is a new campaign by the international development charity, Christian Aid. The commercials will be broadcast on primetime TV and on social media from Good Friday, aiming to show how everyday things unite people, even if injustice divides us. The...
by Staff Writer | Apr 15, 2022 | Briefing
ANALYSIS OF RYSTAD ENERGY DATA by Global Witness and Oil Change International finds just 20 of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies are projected to spend $932 billion by the end of 2030 developing new oil and gas fields, By the end of 2040, this figure...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 14, 2022 | Briefing
THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (BMA) says the Government is failing to grasp how serious a threat the current levels of Covid-19 illness pose to the NHS and to wider society. The Association says it totally refutes a comment from the Prime Minister’s office on 11...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 14, 2022 | Briefing
THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT has produced a new report which estimates that 70,000 people in Scotland, including 30,000 children, would be lifted out of poverty by 2024 if UK Government welfare reforms introduced since 2015 were reversed. The cost of reversing changes,...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 13, 2022 | Briefing
THE NUCLEAR FREE LOCAL AUTHORITIES organisation (NFLA) says it is “incredulous” that Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the UK Government remains wedded to a new Energy Security Strategy that will rely in large part upon the development of 24 GW of new...
