by Agency Reporter | Jul 9, 2021 | Briefing
PARLIAMENT’S JOINT COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS has warned that amending the Human Rights Act could constitute a risk to the UK’s constitutional settlement, and to the enforcement of our human rights. The positive impact of the Act, which incorporated the European...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 9, 2021 | Briefing
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION has called on the UK Government to learn the lessons from the financial crisis and invest in health, to rebuild the economy and prevent long- term scarring. The results of a new inquiry reveal working age adults in England’s poorest areas were...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 8, 2021 | Briefing
PRISONER NUMBERS IN ENGLAND AND WALES are projected to rise by one quarter (20,000) over the next five years. But there are no plans either to reduce overcrowding or close prisons that are unfit for purpose. Efforts by the prison service to recover from the impact of...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 8, 2021 | Briefing
THE WORLD’S FIRST MAJOR INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS on decolonising conservation, ‘Our Land, Our Nature’, will take place in Marseille, France, on 2 September, 2021. At this congress, indigenous representatives and speakers from around 18 countries will...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 7, 2021 | Briefing
A GROUP OF BISHOPS HAVE OFFERED their support to a legal challenge to the law relating to abortion and Down Syndrome, currently being heard at the High Court. The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, together with the Bishop of Carlisle, James Newcome, the Church of...
by Staff Writer | Jul 7, 2021 | Briefing
The UK Government’s Elections Bill was introduced to the House of Commons and given its First Reading on Monday 5 July 2021. This stage is formal and takes place without any debate. The Government says: “The Bill will strengthen the security of the voting...
