by Agency Reporter | Mar 25, 2022 | Briefing
THE HUMAN COST of the war in Yemen is rising sharply as the conflict enters its eighth year, with the number of civilian deaths increasing sharply, hunger on the rise and three quarters of the population in urgent need of humanitarian support, Oxfam has warned. The...
by Staff Writer | Mar 24, 2022 | Briefing
COMMENTING ON THE UK Government’s Spring Statement, anti-poverty campaigners and the trade union movement said that rather than providing economic security, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has abandoned many people to the threat of destitution, and failed the adults and...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 24, 2022 | Briefing
NEW ANALYSIS by Jubilee Debt Campaign has found that the number of households struggling with a heavy debt burden across the UK increased by a third in 2021. According to the analysis of the Bank of England’s household survey, the percentage of households reporting...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 23, 2022 | Briefing
FAILING TO TEACH prisoners to read leaves up to half unable to access vital rehabilitative education while in prison, according to new research by Ofsted and HMI Prisons. Without the ability to read, released prisoners will find it harder to make a successful return...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 23, 2022 | Briefing
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL has warned that the trial due to start on 28 March of a soldier for a Troubles-related death could be the “last Troubles trial”, as relatives of the victim said every grieving family deserves a chance for justice. Former Grenadier Guardsman,...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 22, 2022 | Briefing
AHEAD OF THE UK Government Spring Statement and energy security strategy, more than 200 UK church leaders have written to the Prime Minister and the Chancellor, calling on them to tackle the climate emergency, address the cost of living crisis and stop all new fossil...
