by Agency Reporter | Aug 2, 2021 | Briefing
THE COST OF VACCINATING the world against COVID-19 could be at least five times cheaper if pharmaceutical companies were not profiteering from their monopolies on vaccines, campaigners from the People’s Vaccine Alliance have said. New analysis by the Alliance shows...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 1, 2021 | Briefing
JOHN SENTAMU, the former Archbishop of York, has been announced as the next Chair of the board of international development agency Christian Aid. Dr Sentamu – who has been outspoken on issues of poverty and justice in the UK and globally for many years – served as the...
by Staff Writer | Jul 31, 2021 | Briefing
A PUBLIC INQUIRY has found that the Maltese state must “shoulder responsibility” for the October 2017 assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, having created an atmosphere of impunity, and having failed to recognise the real and immediate risks to Caruana...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 31, 2021 | Briefing
A UK SUPREME COURT judgment reflects deep concerns voiced by the Children’s Commissioner for England about the vast shortage of suitable registered accommodation for at-risk children. The five Supreme Court Judges expressed alarm at the situation, calling the lack of...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 30, 2021 | Briefing
NURSING STAFF ARE POISED to take part in a ‘summer of action’ in response to the three per cent NHS England pay award, as a poll commissioned by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) finds a majority (51 per cent) of the public think it is too little and 62 per cent say...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 30, 2021 | Briefing
THE COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS has found in a special mid-year survey published on 28 July, that since Myanmar’s military seized power in a 1 February coup, the country has become one of the world’s worst jailers of journalists, The report and accompanying...
