by Agency Reporter | Apr 3, 2024 | Briefing
NEW Money and Credit figures released on 2 April by the Bank of England show mortgage borrowing rising, while consumer credit borrowing slowed to £1.4 billion in February, though it was still 8.7 per cent higher than a year earlier. Debt charity StepChange says that...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 2, 2024 | Briefing
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION Member States have agreed to resume negotiations from 29 April to 10 May, aimed at finalising a pandemic agreement . The decision came at the end of two weeks of intensive country-led discussions on critical subjects aimed at making all...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 2, 2024 | Briefing
A REVIEW of the criminal exploitation of children commissioned by Action for Children has found the system for dealing with it is not fit for purpose. It also found the lack of a UK-wide strategy is resulting in serious and preventable harm being caused to children...
by Staff Writer | Apr 1, 2024 | Briefing
STATUTORY sick pay is failing to provide enough support for those who most need financial help when ill and should be increased and made more widely available, MPs say in a new cross-party report. Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) is currently £109.40 per week, (it will be...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 31, 2024 | Briefing
AS violent conflict surges around the globe, Quakers in Britain have produced a new free peace education pack to help secondary school teachers prepare learners to build peace, not war. A sequel to the award-winning primary pack, Teach Peace Secondary provides fifty...
by Staff Writer | Mar 30, 2024 | Briefing
THE Society of Jesus (Jesuits) issued a statement in Rome on 28 March, in which they say they refuse to be silent in the face of the killing, famine and spread of disease in Gaza. The choice of death over life and vengeance over reconciliation is, they insist, a...
