by Agency Reporter | Feb 15, 2022 | Briefing
A LEGAL CHALLENGE to the piloting of a requirement for voters to present identification at polling stations in local elections in England will be heard by the Supreme Court today (Tuesday, 15 February). Campaigner Neil Coughlan, of Witham, Essex, is fighting a legal...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 15, 2022 | Briefing
A NEW REPORT from the Centre for Labour and Social Studies (CLASS) and Clean Up Gambling (CUG) looks at the public health implications of the gambling industry. The project, commissioned by CUG, comes in anticipation of a long-awaited government white paper which will...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 14, 2022 | Briefing
FINDINGS FROM A NEW Carers Trust survey provide evidence of a deep-rooted failure by successive UK governments to understand and meet the basic support needs of millions of people struggling to provide unpaid care for a family member or friend in England and Wales....
by Agency Reporter | Feb 14, 2022 | Briefing
IN RESPONSE TO the ‘Freedom Convoy’ blockade in Ottawa, Ketty Nivyabandi, Amnesty International Canada’s Secretary General, said: “We are deeply troubled by the reports of violence, harassment, intimidation, and hate speech that have surfaced at the...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 13, 2022 | Briefing
WORKERS BACK CLIMATE ACTION and support the move to a greener economy, but only a quarter (25 per cent) believe that the UK government’s current plans for climate action will create many new jobs in their local area, according to research published by the Trades Union...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 12, 2022 | Briefing
IN JANUARY, the UK Secretary of State for the Environment, George Eustice, granted an application by the NFU and British Sugar for emergency authorisation of thiamethoxam for the treatment of sugar beet seed in 2022. It was granted for the second year running “in...
