by Agency Reporter | Dec 15, 2021 | Briefing
UK JUSTICE SECRETARY Dominic Raab has announced plans to make changes to human rights laws, including the launch of a consultation into replacing the Human Rights Act. In response Sacha Deshmukh, CEO of Amnesty International UK said: “We need to put a stop to this...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 15, 2021 | Briefing
THE COST OF BRINGING UP A CHILD topped £160,000 in 2021 – jumping well over three per cent – as millions grapple with inflation and the universal credit cut, research for Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) shows. The cost of raising a child up to age 18 reached...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 14, 2021 | Briefing
TWO YEARS ON from the General Election, new analysis from the New Economics Foundation shows the top five per cent of families have got richer by £3,300 a year, while the poorest 50 per cent have had their incomes squeezed by £110. As a result, there are 300,000 more...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 14, 2021 | Briefing
CHRISTIAN AID has called on the UK Government to urgently “identify safe, efficient payment channels” so that funding can quickly flow into Afghanistan to sustain humanitarian operations. The call coincides with new polling by Savanta, commissioned by the...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 13, 2021 | Briefing
MONGOLIA ACCEDED TO the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) on 10 December 2021, becoming the 57th state party to do so. In a speech to the national parliament in October, the Mongolian foreign minister, Battsetseg Batmunkh, said that joining this...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 13, 2021 | Briefing
FREEDOM FROM TORTURE has filed its legal challenge against the Home Office policy of turning back migrant boats in the English Channel. The human rights campaign group has applied for permission for judicial review of the policy which involves redirecting boats...
