by Agency Reporter | Sep 12, 2021 | Briefing
THE DEFENCE AND SECURITY EQUIPMENT INTERNATIONAL arms fair (DSEI), will open at the Excel centre in London Docklands on Tuesday 14 September 2021, amid large protests and opposition from political leaders and local communities in London. It will run to 17 September....
by Staff Writer | Sep 11, 2021 | Briefing
SCHOOLS ACROSS ENGLAND lack the resources and training to teach pupils how to reject and discuss dangerous extremist views and ideologies according to a major new study by UCL researchers and commissioned by education charity SINCE 9/11. The research, published just...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 11, 2021 | Briefing
TWO SEVERELY DISABLED MEN have been given permission to challenge the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) for a third time over its failure to provide transitional payments to protect them and others from a cliff-edge loss of income following their move on to...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 10, 2021 | Briefing
THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS has been a tale of two pandemics, the TUC has said as it calls for an urgent ‘economic reset’ to tackle the huge class divide in Britain that has been exposed by the pandemic. The call comes as the union body publishes new polling...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 10, 2021 | Briefing
THE SECURITY FORCES IN SYRIA have subjected Syrian refugees who returned to the country to detention, disappearance and horrific torture including sexual violence, Amnesty International says in a new report. The 51-page report, You’re Going To Your Death, documents...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 9, 2021 | Briefing
A NEW RAPID SURVEY of members of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) in England shows that while councils are delivering more care and support in people’s homes, people are waiting longer for care assessments and reviews. It suggests that...