by Agency Reporter | Mar 7, 2024 | Briefing
UN EXPERTS have expressed deep concern following the 23 February 2024 ruling of the United Kingdom’s Court of Appeal in Shamima Begum’s case. “Begum remains stripped of her citizenship, vulnerable, and denied assistance and protection as a possible victim of...
by Staff Writer | Mar 6, 2024 | Briefing
SOME of the most vulnerable children in the country are being stripped of their clothing under restraint, with far too little oversight and accountability and inappropriate use of pain-inducing techniques, a report by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has found. While all...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 6, 2024 | Briefing
MEMBERS of Christian Climate Action are celebrating after major insurance company, Probitas 1492, confirmed that it will never insure two major new fossil fuels projects – the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) and the proposed West Cumbria coal mine. Members of...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 5, 2024 | Briefing
MEN would benefit more than women from the Chancellor’s rumoured plans to cut National Insurance Contributions (NICs) by one percentage point, at a cost of about £4.5 billion a year. Lone mothers would gain the least of working age groups at £40 per year, compared to...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 5, 2024 | Briefing
TENS of thousands of unpaid carers and their families, already at financial breaking point, could face disaster if a vital Government scheme to help vulnerable households ends, Carers Trust has warned. The Household Support Fund, allocated to local authorities to...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 4, 2024 | Briefing
A NEW review has concluded that privatised hospitals typically deliver worse quality care after converting from public ownership. The study, led by University of Oxford researchers, has been published in The Lancet Public Health. The researchers carried out a...
