by Agency Reporter | Jun 26, 2021 | Briefing
THE HIGH COURT HAS DISMISSED an application to strike out a claim brought by more than 7,000 Malawian tobacco farmers and their families, including over 3,000 children, against British American Tobacco and Imperial. The two tobacco companies had asked the court to...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 26, 2021 | Briefing
ORGANISATIONS LED BY DISABLED PEOPLE feel that they are being excluded from current discussions on social care reform being held by the Department of Health and Social Care. To address this, a statement has been produced that sets out the principles which should...
by Staff Writer | Jun 25, 2021 | Briefing
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE (RNS) has announced the launch of Religion Hub, a new feature which highlights the religion journalism of RNS, The Associated Press (AP) and The Conversation/US (TCUS). It appears on the RNS homepage, as well as on a separate landing page,...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 25, 2021 | Briefing
ISRAELI POLICE COMMITTED A CATALOGUE of violations against Palestinians in Israel and occupied East Jerusalem – including using unlawful force against peaceful protesters, sweeping mass arrests, and subjecting detainees to torture and other ill-treatment – during and...
by Staff Writer | Jun 24, 2021 | Briefing
THE ACCORD COALITION for Inclusive Education has urged the UK Government’s Department for Education to free England’s state-funded school system of religious discrimination in the interests of creating unity across the country. The appeal has been made in...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 24, 2021 | Briefing
THE LIVES OF PATIENTS with a learning disability are being put at risk because the number of specialist nurses caring for them has flatlined, says the Royal College of Nursing. The number of learning disability nurses in England has risen by just 22 in the last three...
