by Agency Reporter | May 2, 2024 | Briefing
GLOBAL dividend payments to shareholders grew an average of 14 times faster than worker pay across 31 countries, which together account for 81 per cent of global GDP, over the last three years, analysis from Oxfam reveals. In the UK, accounting for inflation,...
by Agency Reporter | May 1, 2024 | Briefing
EXTREME heat has forced the closure of all schools in Bangladesh as temperatures soared to 42°C (108 °F), 16 degrees more than the annual average, says Save the Children. Thirty three million children are affected. This is the second consecutive year that Bangladesh...
by Agency Reporter | May 1, 2024 | Briefing
EVERY YEAR an estimated 300,000 people across England and Wales are forced to move home following the death of someone they lived with. According to the end of life charity, Marie Curie, that is more than one in ten (11 per cent) bereaved people, and the problem is...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 30, 2024 | Briefing
IN RESPONSE to the anti-war protests at colleges across the country, and the disturbing arrests that have followed, the American Civil Liberties Union has sent a letter to leaders at both public and private universities. The letter states: “As you fashion responses to...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 30, 2024 | Briefing
PAY PACKETS are still worth less than in 2008 in nearly two-thirds (63 per cent) of UK local authorities, according to new TUC analysis. The analysis of official statistics shows that 16 years on from the global financial crisis, wages are set to be lower – in real...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 29, 2024 | Briefing
VOTERS are twice as likely to trust local politicians to improve their areas than national politicians, according to new polling published ahead of the local and mayoral elections. As people across the country prepare to elect more than 5,000 councillors and ten metro...
