by Agency Reporter | Jun 8, 2021 | Briefing
THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (BMA) is calling on NHS Digital in England and the UK Government to delay the introduction of its new data programme until patients and the public have had time to be aware of and understand the programme and choose to opt-out if they...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 7, 2021 | Briefing
NEARLY ONE IN THREE disabled workers (30 per cent) say that they have been treated unfairly at work during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new poll published by the Trades Union Congress (TUC). The survey, carried out by the polling organisation YouGov, reveals...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 7, 2021 | Briefing
ADVICE NI IS CALLING ON all relatives and carers of elderly and vulnerable EU, EEA or Swiss citizens living in Northern Ireland to help them make an application to the EU Settlement Scheme before the deadline of the 30 June 2021, and to contact Advice NI for free...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 6, 2021 | Briefing
A ‘SANTIAGO OF THE NORTH’ has been launched, encouraging people to walk ancient pilgrimage routes to Durham which date back more than 1,000 years. Around 30 Anglican churches in the dioceses of Durham and Newcastle are part of four revived pilgrimage...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 5, 2021 | Briefing
THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (CJEU) has ruled that supermarket employees working in stores can compare their roles to colleagues working in distribution centres for the purpose of equal pay. Before the UK left the EU, the CJEU was asked whether part of...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 5, 2021 | Briefing
THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER, Gordon Brown, is to give the first Methodist Justice Lecture on Justice and Hope on Sunday 13 June at 7pm. In the face of Covid-19, the climate emergency and global inequality, our world faces many questions around where justice and hope are...
