by Agency Reporter | Oct 20, 2021 | Briefing
YOUNG CHRISTIANS will meet with church leaders, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, at Lambeth Palace today (20 October) to challenge them on climate action ahead of the crucial COP26 climate talks in November. The meeting will be an opportunity for young people...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 19, 2021 | Briefing
THE CHARITY RETHINK MENTAL ILLNESS has raised the alarm over a sharp increase in the number of people referred to mental health services with suspected First Episodes of Psychosis during the pandemic. According to NHS data analysed by the charity, the steep upward...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 19, 2021 | Briefing
THE LUTHERAN WORLD FEDERATION (LWF) and its faith partners have denounced food insecurity in a joint statement for World Food Day (16 October 2021). The funding commitments of the G7 compact on famine prevention and humanitarian crisis must be honoured and...
by Staff Writer | Oct 18, 2021 | Briefing
AMID REPORTS THAT a rise in council tax is the Chancellor’s chosen mechanism for increasing funding for social care in England, Age UK warns that this approach will lead to hugely inflated Council Tax bills in some areas, and yet will still not give care...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 18, 2021 | Briefing
IN A LANDMARK DECISION, THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE has found that Paraguay’s failure to prevent and control the toxic contamination of traditional lands, due to the intensive use of pesticides by nearby commercial farms, violates the indigenous community’s rights...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 17, 2021 | Briefing
OVER A MILLION ACRES of new tree coverage could be created in England simply by letting existing woodland regenerate and spread, new research shows. The findings, commissioned by Friends of the Earth in partnership with Rewilding Britain, bolster calls that the UK...
