by Agency Reporter | Apr 24, 2021 | Briefing
IN A MAJOR REVIEW OF THE UK AUDIT SECTOR, the IPPR think tank has identified glaring deficiencies in how the sector is assessing firms’ finances and governance, leaving the door open to more costly Carillion-style business collapses. The researchers warn that a large...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 23, 2021 | Briefing
THE ARCHBISHOPS’ ANTI-RACISM TASKFORCE has published its report From Lament to Action proposing a suite of changes to begin bringing about a change of culture in the life of the Church of England. It issues a warning to the Archbishops that a failure to act...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 23, 2021 | Briefing
CAMPAIGN AGAINST ARMS TRADE has been granted permission for its legal challenge against the UK government’s decision to renew arms sales for use in the war in Yemen to proceed to the High Court. The Honourable Mr Justice Jay ordered on 20 April 2021 that the case was...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 22, 2021 | Briefing
UK HOUSEHOLDS ARE FAR MORE LIKELY to have experienced a severe income shock during the Covid-19 crisis than their French and German counterparts, and are more likely to have taken on additional debt in response, according to a new report published this week by the...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 22, 2021 | Briefing
TODAY, THE TRUSSELL TRUST REPORTS that food banks in its UK network gave more than 2.5 million emergency food parcels to people facing crisis between April 2020 and March 2021. More than 980,000 of these went to children – that is almost two parcels on average...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 21, 2021 | Briefing
THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT HAS USED its devolved tax and benefit powers to craft a more progressive system than is in place in the rest of the UK. On average, taxes are higher for high-income households, and benefits more generous for low-income households, says the...
