by Agency Reporter | Feb 7, 2024 | Briefing
CHURCH and charity leaders are joining climate campaigners for the start of a 10-day climate justice prayer vigil outside the Houses of Parliament. The event – which will run around-the-clock from February 14-24 – has been organised by a coalition of charities...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 6, 2024 | Briefing
COUNCILS in England are urging the government to extend one of its most essential schemes to help protect vulnerable households in the country. The Household Support Fund (HSF), which has provided £820 million in government funding for local welfare support over the...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 5, 2024 | Briefing
CAMPAIGN Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has released an interactive map of all the locations across the UK where F-35 components are made. The F-35 is a supersonic fighter aircraft used by the Israeli military. CAAT estimates the value of the components UK industry has...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 4, 2024 | Briefing
AS the number of people sleeping rough in London rises sharply again, the Salvation Army is urging all political parties to make ending rough sleeping a prime concern for the next parliamentary term. New London Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN)...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 3, 2024 | Briefing
Following recent media reports that US nuclear weapons are returning to Britain, CND has renewed its warning that such a deployment will only raise the nuclear threat further and make Britain a guaranteed target in the event of any war between NATO and Russia. Since...
by Agency Reporter | Feb 3, 2024 | Briefing
THE UK government is set to subsidise private landlords in England by more than £70 billion through paying them housing support over the next five years, the New Economics Foundation (NEF) has found. Analysis of the latest official statistics reveals that private...
