by Agency Reporter | Sep 6, 2021 | Briefing
ADVICE NI IS HIGHLIGHTING the fact that 116,000 households in Northern Ireland in receipt of Universal Credit will face poverty and hardship if the UK Government presses ahead with plans to cut £20 per week from October. Kevin Higgins, Head of Policy at Advice NI...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 6, 2021 | Briefing
SEVERAL UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATIONS have partnered to create a new compendium of 500 actions aimed at reducing death and diseases driven by environmental risk factors, the first such resource to unite this expertise from across the UN system. The organisations...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 5, 2021 | Briefing
A NEW REPORT from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) reveals the number of people being blocked from vital social security support in the UK. As the Nationality and Borders Bill threatens to expand the pool of people facing this ‘No recourse to public...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 4, 2021 | Briefing
THE PRESIDENT OF the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has said that unless biodiverstiy is protected, we will not eradicate hunger or achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Speaking ahead of the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 4, 2021 | Briefing
THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (BMA) has written to the UK Government calling for urgent action from ministers to address the shortage of blood test tubes that is having a severe impact on healthcare services and staff and causing anxiety for patients. In a letter to...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 3, 2021 | Briefing
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE has been found in most major UK religions organisations, concludes a new report by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), with some found to have no child protection policies in place at all. The Child protection in religious...
