by Agency Reporter | Apr 10, 2022 | Briefing
THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION has published a landmark report on the emerging threats to human rights around the world. These include threats brought keenly into focus by the Covid-19 pandemic and ongoing war in Ukraine and the potentially devastating implications...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 9, 2022 | Briefing
THE LATEST MARMOT REVIEW, The Business of Health Equity: The Marmot Review for Industry finds that by improving the health of their employees, employers can gain the benefits of a more productive workforce. It has been estimated, for example, that 30 per cent of the...
by Staff Writer | Apr 9, 2022 | Briefing
SECURITY GUARDS IN QATAR are working in conditions which amount to forced labour, including on projects linked to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Amnesty International has found. In a new 74-page report, They Think That We’re Machines, Amnesty documented the experiences of...
by Staff Writer | Apr 8, 2022 | Briefing
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH have commented on the government’s energy security strategy. The organisation’s energy campaigner, Danny Gross, said: “Households are facing soaring bills and need help right now. The quickest way the government can do this is...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 8, 2022 | Briefing
A NEW CHALLENGE against the UK’s Right to Rent legislation has been taken to the European Court of Human Rights. The legislation has been a key plank of the government’s ‘Hostile Environment’, which has been found to cause racial discrimination by two court rulings....
by Agency Reporter | Apr 7, 2022 | Briefing
THREE-CHILD FAMILIES affected by the two-child limit face an extra shortfall in meeting the cost of raising their children of £938 this year because benefits are lagging behind the surging cost of living and they are only getting support for two children through...
