by Agency Reporter | May 30, 2021 | Briefing
THE MONEY AND MENTAL HEALTH charity has launched a new campaign: Set Up To Fail. The campaign calls for urgent action from the government to fix design flaws in the Universal Credit system to ensure that anyone who needs help with Universal Credit can get it, instead...
by Staff Writer | May 29, 2021 | Briefing, Uncategorised
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS (RSF) secretary-general Christophe Deloire, following a meeting with a senior criminal prosecutor in Vilnius on 27 May, has welcomed the decision of the Lithuanian prosecutor-general’s office to investigate Belarusian President Alexandre...
by Agency Reporter | May 29, 2021 | Briefing
THE UK’s MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT received Royal Assent in 1971. Charities, senior scientists, former police officers, public health specialists, bereaved family members, and over 50 MPs and Peers from all parties have now signed a statement calling for the Government to...
by Agency Reporter | May 28, 2021 | Briefing
CAMPAIGN AGAINST ARMS TRADE has called for an investigation into the use of UK-made tear gas in Oman. This follows the publication of images by journalist Phil Miller of Declassified, which show the use of tear gas canisters made by Derby-based PW Defence. The model...
by Agency Reporter | May 28, 2021 | Briefing
A COALITION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS led by Liberty, Privacy International and Amnesty International have won a landmark victory for privacy and freedom of expression. In the final stage of a case started in the wake of Edward Snowden’s revelations about state...
by Agency Reporter | May 27, 2021 | Briefing
THE UK RELATIVE POVERTY RATE among working households has hit a record high this century of 17.4 per cent, according to the first comprehensive analysis of official data released last month. Working poverty rates among families with three or more children have reached...
