by Agency Reporter | Feb 12, 2024 | Briefing
ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the Israeli army and other officials to submit a plan to the cabinet for evacuation of Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost governorate. Netanyahu said this action is necessary to attack Hamas battalions in the area. With a...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 12, 2024 | Briefing
THE turnout divide between richer and poorer young voters is deepening, with millennial non-graduates and non-homeowners increasingly unlikely to vote compared to their graduate and homeowning counterparts since the last general election, according to new Resolution...
by Staff Writer | Feb 11, 2024 | Briefing
A FORMER Vicar of Rochdale, the Rev Mark Coleman, is standing as an Independent candidate in the Rochdale by-election, which was called following the death of the Labour MP, Sir Tony Lloyd. Coleman, who has twice been jailed for climate protests, says: “Tony was...
by Staff Writer | Feb 10, 2024 | Briefing
NEW government figures released on 8 February show 26,311 households in England have been removed from their homes by court bailiffs as a result of Section 21 since the government first promised to scrap no-fault evictions in 2019. The figures on repossession and...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 9, 2024 | Briefing
EVERY North West local authority has at least 1,500 school-age children in poverty who are not eligible for free school meals because the qualifying criteria is so restrictive, new analysis shows. Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) and Greater Manchester Poverty Action...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 8, 2024 | Briefing
A NEW report by the Chief Inspector of prisons highlights the plight of desperately unwell men and women languishing in prison waiting for transfer to secure mental hospitals. Only in hospital can they access care under the Mental Health Act which cannot legally be...
