by Agency Reporter | Oct 16, 2021 | Briefing
PARTICIPANTS IN THE WORLD’S first congress to decolonise conservation have released a manifesto calling for a total halt to new Protected Areas which exclude Indigenous and local communities. The “Marseille Manifesto: a people’s manifesto for the future of...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 16, 2021 | Briefing
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION has awarded £2.8 million for an ambitious research programme to improve the lives of children and families by better understanding their needs and experiences. Over the next five years, Professor Leon Feinstein, Director of the Rees Centre at...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 15, 2021 | Briefing
AFGHAN NATIONAL ASADULLAH HAROON GUL has been cleared for transfer from Guantánamo Bay by the Periodic Review Board. The Board is comprised of senior officials from six US agencies, including the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Departments of...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 15, 2021 | Briefing
THE CHILDREN’S SOCIAL CARE REVIEW for England has published a new document summing up the feedback it received on its interim report, The Case for Change, published two months ago. The introduction explains that the document “reflects back what we’ve heard...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 14, 2021 | Briefing
DR CHAAND NAGPAUL, the British Medical Association’s chair of council, has responded to Coronavirus: lessons learned to date, the report from the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee and Health and Social Care Committee. Dr Nagpaul said: “The UK has...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 14, 2021 | Briefing
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HAS ISSUED A STARK WARNING over an “unprecedented programme of rights reversal” by the Government as it launched a week-long campaign to prevent what it calls “a raid on rights”. Amnesty is voicing concerns about the likely impact of two highly...
