by Agency Reporter | Feb 24, 2022 | Briefing
REPORTS ARE SURFACING that rich countries are trying to omit references to the permanent loss and damage caused by the climate crisis in the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The major study, to be published on Monday 28 February,...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 23, 2022 | Briefing
QUAKERS IN BRITAIN have called on all parties to the Ukraine-Russia conflict to redouble their efforts to build peace. Quakers oppose all war and support peaceful resolution of conflict. Quakers have previously urged all parties to keep talking and find a way of...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 23, 2022 | Briefing
THE UK GOVERNMENT must continue to provide funding for local public health teams to manage Covid-19 outbreaks in their areas as part of its Living with Covid strategy, say councils in England and Wales. The Local Government Association (LGA) and the Association of...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 23, 2022 | Briefing
RESEARCH COMMISSIONED by the Wales Trades Union Congress (TUC), and undertaken by Wavehill, shows that during 2020/21 the Wales Union Learning Fund supported increased participation and better equality of access, and enabled workers to progress in both their own...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 22, 2022 | Briefing
FILIPO GRANDI, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, has condemned the ill-treatment of migrants and asylum seekers at European borders, reminding states that the right to seek and enjoy asylum does not depend on the mode of arrival to a country. He also highlighted...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 22, 2022 | Briefing
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL has raised concerns about the disproportionate use of stop and search by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) on people from ethnic minority communities and on children. More than 25,000 people were stopped and searched in Northern...
