by Agency Reporter | May 12, 2024 | Briefing
RESEARCH by the New Economics Foundation (NEF) has found that 41 per cent of all council homes sold under the right to buy scheme are now being let on the private market. NEF Freedom of Information requests found that the number of homes bought under right to buy and...
by Agency Reporter | May 11, 2024 | Briefing
A NEW report commissioned by campaign group More Than A Score reveals that the final year of primary school is dominated by preparation for SATs, with negative effects on teaching as well as pupil and teacher wellbeing. Year 6 SATs tests will begin in primary schools...
by Agency Reporter | May 11, 2024 | Briefing
A LETTER signed by 86 civil society organisations was sent to the prime minister on 9 May, calling for him to cease evading the scrutiny of the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Professor Michael Fakhri. In August 2022, over 21 months ago,...
by Agency Reporter | May 10, 2024 | Briefing
DURING Prime Minster’s Questions in the House of Commons on 8 May, in answer to a question from Stephen Flynn, SNP leader in the Commons, Rishi Sunak said that “the UK Government doesn’t, itself, directly provide or ship arms to Israel”. Amnesty International...
by Agency Reporter | May 10, 2024 | Briefing
A NEW Institute for Government paper says the next government must extend the English devolution map to at least 85 per cent of the population to tackle the economic underperformance of England’s cities and regions away from London. A new deal for England: How the...
by Staff Writer | May 9, 2024 | Briefing
ACCEPTING the Scottish Parliament’s nomination as Scotland’s next First Minister, John Swinney MSP said: “Yesterday, I was asked what would be the single most important policy objective for my Government. I made clear it would be the eradication of child...
