by Agency Reporter | Jan 8, 2022 | Briefing
THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE COMMITTEE has published a report, Clearing the backlog caused by the pandemic, which says that UK Government plans to deal with record NHS waiting lists for elective care risk being overturned by a crisis in emergency care. Responding to the...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 8, 2022 | Briefing
AMID ALARMING REPORTS of deadly violence in Kazakhstan, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has urged all, including security forces, protesters and others, to refrain from violence and to seek a peaceful resolution of grievances. A police...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 7, 2022 | Briefing
POVERTY COULD MEAN almost four million households going without heating in 2022, according to new polling data. The research, commissioned by Save the Children, reveals that in the year ahead more than one in ten (13 per cent) of UK adults expect they will have to...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 7, 2022 | Briefing
INSPECTORS WHO VISITED the heavily overcrowded, vermin-infested HMP Wandsworth men’s prison in September 2021 concluded that a reduction of 300 in the population, and dynamic work by the governor, had prevented it from being overwhelmed by its many challenges....
by Agency Reporter | Jan 6, 2022 | Briefing
B’TSELEM, the Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories reports that in 2021, Israeli security forces killed 313 Palestinians, including 71 minors. Of these, 236 were in the Gaza Strip, 232 of them during Operation Guardian of the...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 6, 2022 | Briefing
COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS are set to benefit from a new network of ‘Wee Forests’ in towns and cities across Scotland, backed by £500,000 Scottish Government funding. Led by NatureScot, the programme aims to give people the opportunity to help tackle the twin...
