by Agency Reporter | Feb 9, 2022 | Briefing
ONE YEAR AFTER the battle for Yemen’s resource-rich Marib governorate escalated, the humanitarian situation has worsened as shifting frontlines, airstrikes and landmines displace nearly 100,000 people, many of whom have already fled multiple times. Last month, 43...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 9, 2022 | Briefing
NEW DATA released by The Food Foundation reports that 8.8 per cent of households (4.7 million adults) have experienced food insecurity in the past month. This has increased from 7.3 per cent in July 2021. The data also reveals that 3.6 per cent (1 million adults)...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 8, 2022 | Briefing
THE PRISON REFORM TRUST has warned that the prison system is facing a “perfect storm” of rising prison numbers and a looming staffing crisis in England and Wales which threatens to blow the UK government’s reform plans off course. Responding to the government’s...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 8, 2022 | Briefing
CHILDREN WANT SCHOOLS to teach more about mental health and wellbeing to help them survive life, according to new research. The UK-wide charity PAPYRUS, Prevention of Young Suicide, says children and young people want greater emphasis on learning life-skills to equip...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 7, 2022 | Briefing
MAKING UNIVERSAL CREDIT (UC) payments automatic for those eligible would boost annual incomes for 390,000 families by £7,300 on average, effecting 1.3 million people this year. Moving everyone onto the UC system on a similar basis to how people are required to...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 7, 2022 | Briefing
THE WELSH GOVERNMENT’S Winter Fuel Support Scheme payment will be doubled to £200 as the cost-of-living crisis intensifies. The £100 one-off payment, which was launched in December, is now being extended to support eligible households with rising energy bills...
