by Agency Reporter | Dec 9, 2021 | Briefing
EU MINISTERS OF JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS meet in Brussels on 9 and 10 December. On the first day (today), Home Affairs Ministers will hold a debate on how better to respond to migratory challenges. In advance of the meeting, leading human rights groups and...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 8, 2021 | Briefing
NEW UNIVERSAL CREDIT RULES could force non-dependent disabled youngsters out of education because they will be left without enough money to live on if they need means-tested support, Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) warns. Worst hit will be disabled youngsters who...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 8, 2021 | Briefing
CHRISTIAN AID HAS welcomed reports that Brazil’s Federal Police is bringing criminal charges against Vale for environmental crimes, relating to its role in the Brumadinho tailings dam disaster, and has called for urgent justice and compensation. The international...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 7, 2021 | Briefing
NEW ANALYSIS PUBLISHED BY THE TUC shows that 647,000 workers in hospitality, retail, and arts and entertainment – key sectors for Christmas festivity – do not qualify for statutory sick pay. The union body is warning that with new tougher self-isolation rules, these...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 7, 2021 | Briefing
A NEW REPORT from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) warns that a decline in political trust is undermining liberal democracy in the UK. In 1944, just one in three British people (35 per cent) saw politicians as merely ‘out for themselves’, while by 2014...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 6, 2021 | Briefing
THE HIGH COURT IN LONDON will hear a judicial review challenge to the Oil and Gas Authority’s (OGA) Net Zero Strategy. The case will be heard on Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 December 2021. The case is brought by three campaigners who will argue that the strategy allows...
