by Agency Reporter | Jan 30, 2024 | Briefing
ON Friday 26 January, Christians, including members of the clergy, held a vigil outside the headquarters of BMS World Mission (a leading Baptist organisation) in Didcot, Oxfordshire – praying for the charity to drop Barclays as its bank. The campaigners were...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 29, 2024 | Briefing
NEW ANALYSIS from Citizens Advice has found that more than two million people across Great Britain will disconnect from their gas and electricity this winter because they cannot afford to top up their prepayment meter. The charity is concerned that for many it will...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 29, 2024 | Briefing
THE NUMBER of homes which have been upgraded through the government’s landmark insulation schemes has dropped around 40 per cent in a single year, according to analysis from the New Economics Foundation (NEF). The analysis finds that as of last year, the government’s...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 28, 2024 | Briefing
CHRISTIAN Aid and 15 leading humanitarian and human rights organisations have issued a call to all UN member states to stop fuelling the crisis in Gaza and avert further humanitarian catastrophe and loss of civilian life. The statement reads: We, the undersigned...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 27, 2024 | Briefing
THE Rabbinical Council of Jewish Voice for Peace has written an open letter to President Biden. Published on 26 January, the letter looks forward to Holocaust Remembrance Day, and reflects on the current situation in Israel and Palestine. The rabbis say they...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 27, 2024 | Briefing
ENDING the cycle of broken promises to reform social care funding in England must be a priority for the next government, a Health Foundation report says. Currently, Government only covers the costs of care for people with the highest needs and lowest means. Everyone...
