by Agency Reporter | Apr 8, 2021 | Briefing
BRITAIN’S LEADING PACIFIST GROUP has condemned plans by ministers to put an extra £1.1 million into armed forces cadet units in English schools, after a decade of heavy cuts to other youth services. The UK government has already put more than £50 million into...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 8, 2021 | Briefing
WORKERS SPENT A TOTAL of approximately 6.4 billion hours on the Job Retention Scheme (furlough) in 2020 and are predicted to spend 3.3 billion more on the scheme in 2021, according to new analysis from the New Economics Foundation (NEF). Including a training and...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 7, 2021 | Briefing
RICH COUNTRIES MUST OPEN THE WAY to cheaper mass-produced Covid-19 vaccines in order to protect every person in the world and avert a $9 trillion ‘worst case’ global economic catastrophe, says Oxfam. They should also agree this week to inject $650 billion...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 7, 2021 | Briefing
REPORTS OF SEXUAL AND CRIMINAL EXPLOITATION increased dramatically during the pandemic, according to new figures on the state of modern slavery in the UK. The figures, published on 7 April 2021, are part of the Modern Slavery and Exploitation Helpline Annual...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 6, 2021 | Briefing
UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS have raised serious concerns about the alleged detention and forced labour of Muslim Uyghurs in China, calling for unhindered access to the country to conduct fact-finding missions and urging global and domestic companies to closely scrutinise...
by Staff Writer | Apr 6, 2021 | Briefing
A UK PARLIAMENTARY SELECT COMMITTEE has found that repeated last minute extensions to the ban on evictions in England must be replaced by a coherent exit plan to help the private rented sector emerge from lockdown, The Housing, Communities and Local Government...
