by Agency Reporter | Oct 7, 2021 | Briefing
IN A BIG WIN FOR ALL ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS, the EU Parliament has officially opened the EU courts to environmental challenges. It follows a decade-long legal battle led by ClientEarth for more access to justice for people and NGOs. In a final vote, a majority of...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 6, 2021 | Briefing
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE LIVING IN A SOUTH AMERICAN FOREST with one of the world’s highest rates of deforestation have appealed to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, to save it from total destruction. Their uncontacted relatives are fleeing from one corner of the...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 6, 2021 | Briefing
THE LAST 20 YEARS HAS SEEN A DRAMATIC INCREASE in the number of people serving long prison sentences in England and Wales, a new briefing published by the Prison Reform Trust reveals. Sentences for more serious crimes have become longer and far more people will now...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 5, 2021 | Briefing
COUNCILS IN ENGLAND FACE EXTRA COST PRESSURES of almost £8 billion by 2024/25 just to keep vital local services running at today’s levels, analysis by the Local Government Association (LGA) warns ahead of the Spending Review on 27 October. The LGA says this total is...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 5, 2021 | Briefing
A FIFTH OF KEY WORKERS SAID THEY CUT BACK their spending at the end of the week or month during the pandemic, because they faced running out of money, or because they had already run out of money, according to polling carried out for the TUC by BritainThinks. The...
by Agency Reporter | Oct 4, 2021 | Briefing
POLLING FOR THE NEW ECONOMICS FOUNDATION shows widespread support across all genders, age ranges, regions and voting intention for a large-scale investment in low-carbon heating and insulation measures, such as double glazing, to reduce the amount of heat lost...
