by Staff Writer | Apr 30, 2021 | Briefing
OVER A THIRD OF HEAD TEACHERS in England say the funding they get for poorer pupils is being used to plug general gaps in their school’s budget – a rise from 23 per cent in 2019. This suggests that the cost to schools of coping with the pandemic is having an impact on...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 29, 2021 | Briefing
MINISTERS, EMPLOYERS, AND THE BENEFITS SYSTEM are failing millions of people in the UK with energy-limiting conditions, new research has found. Although one-in-three disabled people of working age experiences problems with stamina, breathing or fatigue, the report...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 29, 2021 | Briefing
UNHCR, THE UN REFUGEE AGENCY, has released a new study showing that many of those who find themselves in the UK without a nationality face major obstacles trying to navigate the country’s statelessness determination procedure, and hence experience prolonged periods...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 28, 2021 | Briefing
GLOBAL FAITH LEADERS HAVE UNITED to call for the steps necessary to produce and distribute enough Covid vaccine for the entire global population. Urging leaders around the world to reject greed and vaccine nationalism, 145 religious leaders including Cardinal Peter...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 28, 2021 | Briefing
ON THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY of the detention of Mubarak Bala, President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, a coalition of 86 organisations and concerned individuals across the globe have published an open letter addressed to the Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 27, 2021 | Briefing
THE NEW BREATHING SPACE and Mental Health Crisis Debt Respite Schemes will come into effect in England and Wales from 4 May 2021. Breathing Space is a new scheme that gives people temporary protection from most types of debt collection while they take action to get on...
