by Agency Reporter | Apr 17, 2021 | Briefing
THE TUC HAS RELEASED NEW ANALYSIS which shows that Covid-19 mortality rates during the pandemic are twice as high in insecure jobs than in other professions. By “insecure jobs”, the TUC is referring to occupations with a higher proportion of insecure workers. Insecure...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 17, 2021 | Briefing
FORMER HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER and Irish President, Mary Robinson, a vocal advocate for a People’s Vaccine, has joined calls of 174 former world leaders and Nobel laureates for a patent waiver at the international level. This was prompted by news that President...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 16, 2021 | Briefing
THE UK GOVERNMENT PROMISED two years ago to end ‘no-fault’ evictions from private rented properties using a Section 21 notice. A new Survation survey indicates that eight per cent of private renters in England have received a no-fault eviction notice in the past year,...
by Staff Writer | Apr 16, 2021 | Briefing
IN A LETTER to the Conservative Friends of Israel lobby group, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed the UK Government’s opposition to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) announcement of an investigation into alleged war crimes by Israel. In his letter,...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 15, 2021 | Briefing
A NEW REPORT from the UN’s International Narcotics Control Board has revealed that the UK is the world’s largest producer of legal cannabis for medical and scientific uses. Yet proper access to medical cannabis is still out of reach to many UK patients. The...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 15, 2021 | Briefing
A NEW REPORT BY THREE ORGANISATIONS has revealed that armed forces’ visits to Welsh schools are acting as a “fig-leaf” for military recruitment. The evidence contradicts repeated claims by the forces that they do not recruit in schools. Researchers from...
