by Agency Reporter | Jun 4, 2024 | Briefing
THE scale of automatic debt repayments administered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) means that, across all families receiving universal credit (UC), the basic payment is on average 8 per cent lower than the official figure, according to analysis...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 3, 2024 | Briefing
CENTRAL government’s over-reliance on competitive bidding to fund local and combined authorities is not working for anyone and inhibits local growth, warns a new Institute for Government report. Published on 31 May, Funding Local Growth in England sets out how the...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 3, 2024 | Briefing
GOVERNMENTS attending UN climate talks in Bonn from 3 to 13 June should push for rights-respecting and ambitious climate action, says Human Rights Watch. The Bonn Climate Change conference will lay the groundwork for negotiations at the United Nations Climate Change...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 2, 2024 | Briefing
THE American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Aon, a hiring technology company that is marketing widely used online hiring products as “bias-free” and able to ‘improve diversity”, even...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 1, 2024 | Briefing
THE Russian authorities are carrying out increasingly severe reprisals against children and their families – particularly those opposing Russia’s war in Ukraine – in a “politically-motivated assault on children” as part of a wider crackdown on dissent, Amnesty...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 1, 2024 | Briefing
SCHOOLS across England are regularly paying to feed hungry pupils, according to polling of 10,000 teachers commissioned by the charity School Food Matters. The findings come amid growing calls for the government to expand access to free school meals. The polling by...
