by Staff Writer | Mar 3, 2024 | Briefing
THE Health and Social Care Committee has published a report on Assisted Dying/Assisted Suicide (AD/AS). The cross-party group of MPs say their report is not intended to provide a resolution to the debate, but to present a broad body of evidence as a “significant...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 2, 2024 | Briefing
THE lack of meaningful action to tackle Britain’s cold homes over the last decade has only intensified existing inequalities. The level of harm being felt by many millions of households across the country is now at the point of crisis, according to a new review...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 1, 2024 | Briefing
ROUGH sleeping in England has risen by 27 per cent, while the number of homeless children in temporary accommodation has hit another record high. Two separate sets of statistics released by the government on 29 February show it is failing to get a grip on the housing...
by Agency Reporter | Mar 1, 2024 | Briefing
JUST eight pence in every pound raised in tax revenue in G20 countries now comes from taxes on wealth, new analysis by Oxfam reveals ahead of the first meeting of G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Sao Paulo, Brazil. By comparison, more than 32 pence...
by Staff Writer | Feb 29, 2024 | Briefing
A NEW report by Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) and Demilitarise Education (dED) reveals that privatisation, the academic funding crisis, and commercialisation of universities has led to growing ties between the military, arms companies and academia. It shows how...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 29, 2024 | Briefing
THOUSANDS of people fleeing conflict and persecution are being caught up in the Government’s asylum vortex of unprocessed claims, Amnesty International said on 27 February as it published a damning new report on the system. Amnesty’s new nine-page briefing –...
