by Agency Reporter | Nov 11, 2021 | Briefing
INVESTMENT IN BUS SERVICES is urgently needed if councils are to reduce car journeys, lower carbon emissions and help the UK work towards its net zero goal by 2050 or earlier. The Local Government Association (LGA), which represents councils in England and Wales, says...
by Agency Reporter | Nov 11, 2021 | Briefing
PUBLICLY NAMING BUSINESSES using exploitative practices or underpaying workers encourages other firms to comply with labour market rules – but tougher financial penalties and better detection of those breaking the law are still essential, according to new research...
by Agency Reporter | Nov 10, 2021 | Briefing
TWO IN FIVE DISABLED WORKERS (40 per cent) have been pushed into financial hardship over the last year, according to new Trades Union Congress (TUC) polling. The polling shows how disabled workers’ living standards have been “hit hardest” by Covid-19. Leading...
by Agency Reporter | Nov 10, 2021 | Briefing
REPRESENTATIVES OF INDIA’S ADIVASI (indigenous people) have denounced PM Narendra Modi for proclaiming his green credentials at COP, while simultaneously planning a massive expansion of coal mining on their lands. The lands and livelihoods of tens of thousands...
by Agency Reporter | Nov 9, 2021 | Briefing
PEOPLE WHO WERE struggling financially before the pandemic are more than twice as likely, compared to people who were already living comfortably, to say they are now even worse off, UCL researchers have found, as part of the Covid-19 Social Study funded by the...
by Agency Reporter | Nov 9, 2021 | Briefing
THE UNITED NATIONS World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the number of people teetering on the edge of famine (IPC4/Emergency or worse) in 43 countries has risen to 45 million, as acute hunger spikes around the world. This number has risen from 42 million earlier...
