by Agency Reporter | Dec 12, 2021 | Briefing
EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN WALES will be offered a free tree to plant as part of the Welsh Government’s commitment to tackle climate change, Deputy Minister Lee Waters has promised. The new policy will give people the chance to choose a tree of their own to plant, or opt to...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 11, 2021 | Briefing
PROGRESS IN IMPROVING the health of children under five has stalled in the last five years and across some measures – particularly infant mortality and obesity – children’s health is getting worse. These trends are examined in a new evidence review, The changing face...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 11, 2021 | Briefing
UNHCR, THE UN REFUGEE AGENCY, is deeply concerned by renewed intercommunal clashes that erupted this week in Cameroon’s Far North region, displacing thousands inside the country and forcing more than 30,000 people to flee to neighbouring Chad. Since Sunday 5 December,...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 10, 2021 | Briefing
INFLATION-BUSTING HOUSE PRICE GROWTH over the past 20 years has delivered an unearned, unequal and untaxed £3 trillion capital gains windfall in Britain, with those aged 60 and over the biggest winners from this one-off ‘property lottery’, according to new Resolution...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 10, 2021 | Briefing
LEADERS OF THE BRITISH PEACE MOVEMENT will hand in a letter to the Prime Minister today (Friday 10 December), calling on Boris Johnson to reconsider the new AUKUS agreement that was signed between Britain, the US and Australia in September. Campaigners believe that...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 9, 2021 | Briefing
QUAKERS IN BRITAIN and the Quaker Gender and Sexual Diversity Community (QGSDC) have expressed strong support for a ban on so-called conversion therapy. They shared their views in a joint response to a government consultation on the issue. Quakers believe that...
