by Agency Reporter | Jun 1, 2021 | Briefing
A CROSS-PARTY COMMITTEE of MPs has issued significant and wide-ranging recommendations to put bereaved people – whom it says have been “failed” by successive UK Governments – at the heart of the inquest process. The Justice Committee gives the government an urgent...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 1, 2021 | Briefing
EDUCATION SECRETARY GAVIN WILLIAMSON has claimed that a new piece of academic research, commissioned by the Ministry of Defence, justifies the UK government’s decision to spend millions of pounds on creating new armed forces cadet units in schools. But the Peace...
by Agency Reporter | May 31, 2021 | Briefing
THE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS CHARITY SHELTER has released new research on the gross insecurity of private renting in England as the current ban on evictions by bailiffs ends today, leaving thousands of private renters across England facing eviction this summer. The...
by Agency Reporter | May 31, 2021 | Briefing
THE MUSLIM COUNCIL OF BRITAIN (MCB) has given a guarded welcome to the Singh Investigation into racism in the Conservative Party – although other commentators have felt that it falls far short of a proper, critical investigation. In particular, the Investigation...
by Agency Reporter | May 31, 2021 | Briefing
INCREASING NUMBERS OF PRIVATE TENANTS are turning to Citizens Advice for help, just as the protections put in place for renters during the pandemic come to an end in England. Citizens Advice’s online housing advice has been viewed over 2 million times in the first...
by Agency Reporter | May 30, 2021 | Briefing
NEW STATISTICS PUBLISHED by the UK Home Office show that immigration rules introduced by the Home Secretary last December have led to more than 1,500 people who have sought asylum in the UK being warned the Home Office is looking to send them to other countries. There...
