by Agency Reporter | Apr 19, 2024 | Briefing
A High Court judge has ordered a judicial review of the government’s plan for protecting people, property and infrastructure from the impacts of climate change, following a legal challenge by Friends of the Earth and two people whose lives are already severely...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 18, 2024 | Briefing
THE PROPOSED SALE of Shell’s onshore oil business in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria risks worsening human rights abuses and should be blocked by the government unless a series of safeguards are put in place, says a group of 40 civil society organisations,...
by Staff Writer | Apr 18, 2024 | Briefing
NEW labour market figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that unemployment and economic inactivity are rising, while employment is falling. The number of people not participating in the labour market due to long-term and short-term illness has...
by Admin | Apr 17, 2024 | Briefing
THE UK Government has been urged to pledge new and additional funding to alleviate Ethiopia’s humanitarian crisis. Christian Aid’s Crisis Contexts Lead, Asha Kurien, said: “As a result of repeated climate shocks and conflict, millions of Ethiopians are facing...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 17, 2024 | Briefing
QUAKERS around the world are calling for action to bring about a just and lasting peace in Palestine and Israel. Several Quaker organisations including Quakers in Britain have issued a joint statement condemning the violence in Palestine and Israel and calling for...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 16, 2024 | Briefing
UNIVERSAL CREDIT (UC) is on track to be fully rolled-out to seven million families by the end of the next parliament. Working renters will be the main winners and those with disabilities the main losers from the reform as it faces up to new challenges like rising...
