by Agency Reporter | Dec 29, 2021 | Briefing
A MANIFESTO designed by young people from Yorkshire and Humber to improve democracy has been published by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). Using innovative ‘deliberative’ research methods, IPPR North empowered young people from across the region, who...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 29, 2021 | Briefing
THE UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP) has named its 2021 Champions of the Earth. The Champions were chosen for their transformative impact on the environment, and their leadership in advancing bold and decisive action on behalf of people and the planet. Since its...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 28, 2021 | Briefing
SOCIAL CARE STAFF will receive the Real Living Wage in Wales as part of a package to support the sector, the Deputy Minister for Social Services, Julie Morgan has announced. A key pledge in the Programme for Government, the implementation of the Real Living Wage is...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 28, 2021 | Briefing
THE UK GOVERNMENT has announced a new consultation on its ‘Climate Compatibility Checkpoint’ which will assess the impact of future offshore oil and gas developments on the climate crisis. Friends of the Earth warns the new mechanism is unfit for purpose, because it...
by Staff Writer | Dec 27, 2021 | Briefing
ANNOUNCING THE DEATH of Desmond Tutu on Sunday 26 December 2021, President Cyril Ramaphosa said: “The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans who have...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 27, 2021 | Briefing
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY must hold Israel to account for its 54-year occupation of Palestine, a UN human rights expert said on 23 December 2021, five years after the UN Security Council passed a resolution calling for an end to all settlement activities in...
