by Staff Writer | Apr 7, 2022 | Briefing
OXFAM HAS RESPONDED to the publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III report on climate change mitigation. Oxfam’s Climate Policy Lead, Nafkote Dabi, said: “This IPCC report pulls no punches. The bleak and brutal truth about...
by Staff Writer | Apr 6, 2022 | Briefing
WITH SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS NOW LAGGING far behind inflation, researchers at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) warn that the cost of living crisis will push many vulnerable benefit claimants into hardship and destitution, without a serious boost to...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 6, 2022 | Briefing
OVER THE WEEK following 1 April, Christians are hanging banners across the UK to raise awareness of the climate crisis and the need to end investment in fossil fuels. Banners can be seen on motorways, bridges and outside church buildings. The banners have been created...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 5, 2022 | Briefing
A BILL REINTRODUCED in the United States House of Representatives would address gaps in US labour law that allow children under 18 to be employed in agriculture at younger ages, for longer hours, and in more hazardous conditions than in any other sector, says Human...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 5, 2022 | Briefing
THE FAMILIES OF VICTIMS of a US drone strike in Libya in November 2018 have filed a criminal complaint against the commander of Italian Naval Air Station Sigonella used to carry out the strike. The complaint accuses the Italian commander of the unlawful use of force...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 4, 2022 | Briefing
CHILD POVERTY ACTION GROUP is calling for an end to the five-week wait for universal credit (UC) in light of new data showing that 1.93 million children live in households having debt deductions taken from their UC. More than half (53 per cent) of all children in...
