by Agency Reporter | Mar 30, 2021 | Briefing
CHURCHES ACROSS THE UK have demonstrated their support for the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill by taking part in a nationwide banner drop and twitter storm. On 26 March, the date of the (now postponed) Second Reading of the Bill in parliament, brightly coloured...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 30, 2021 | Briefing
NEW REASEARCH BY CITIZENS ADVICE shows the charity is now helping one person every minute with problems relating to renting from a private landlord in England. In the first two months of this year, the charity saw a 40 per cent increase in people seeking one-to-one...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 29, 2021 | Briefing
SOCIAL CARE in England is in need of immediate action as part of a new long-term plan in the spirit of the post-war reforms if we are to build back better from the pandemic and ensure everyone is able to live their best life, say local councils. In a new pamphlet...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 29, 2021 | Briefing
The Church of Scotland has joined other Churches and charities across the UK in urging the UK Government to act now to prevent the harm caused by gambling. In their submissions to the UK Government’s Review of the 2005 Gambling Act, the Churches are calling on the...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 28, 2021 | Briefing
THE METHODIST CHURCH is to commit to a two-year project looking at how the Church speaks out on social issues and challenges injustices. The project will be led by Rachel Lampard and aims to make the Church more effective in speaking and acting for justice and...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 28, 2021 | Briefing
COTE D’IVOIRE HAS SUCCESSFULLY ELIMINATED human African trypanosomiasis, also known as ‘sleeping sickness’, as a public health problem, becoming the second African country after Togo to be validated by the World Health Organisation (WHO). “I dedicate...
