by Agency Reporter | Oct 26, 2021 | Briefing
SOARING DEMAND to help safeguard children will see future cost pressures in children’s social care in England increase by an estimated £600 million each year until 2024/25, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned. The LGA is calling on government to use this...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 25, 2021 | Briefing
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL and Human Rights Watch have condemned an announcement by the Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz, which declares six Palestinian civil society organisations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory to be “terrorist” groups. The designation, made on...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 25, 2021 | Briefing
A CLOTHING COMPANY has been accused of insulting the dead by selling T-shirts and hoodies depicting a red remembrance poppy as a gunshot wound in the chest. The Peace Pledge Union (PPU), known for producing white poppies to remember all victims of war, urged the...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 24, 2021 | Briefing
NINE IN TEN disabled workers surveyed (90 per cent) who worked from home during the pandemic want to continue doing so at least some of the time, according to a new TUC poll. The poll, run by YouGov for the TUC, found that many disabled workers experienced working...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 23, 2021 | Briefing
NEW ANALYSIS from the IPPR has revealed systematic correlation between wealth, poverty, social conditions and health. The think tank report also demonstrates that education, skills, welfare and public health services all have a strong link to health outcomes and life...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 23, 2021 | Briefing
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION and its partners have issued an urgent call for concrete action to better protect health and care workers worldwide from Covid-19 and other health issues. The organisations are concerned that large numbers of health and care workers have...
