by Staff Writer | Dec 7, 2023 | Briefing
THE United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has published a report on opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, which has decreased by an estimated 95 per cent following a drug ban imposed by the de facto authorities (the Taliban) in April 2022. The sharp...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 6, 2023 | Briefing
THE UK Government’s focus on clearing the asylum application backlog quickly is putting thousands of refugees at risk of homelessness and rough sleeping, warns the Local Government Association (LGA). According to Home Office data, there were around 90,000 decisions on...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 6, 2023 | Briefing
AFTER five weeks of talks between junior doctors in England and the Government, the deadline has passed, and negotiators for the Department of Health and Social Care have not been able to put forward a credible offer to end the pay dispute. As a result, the BMA’s...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 5, 2023 | Briefing
ON the first-ever Health Day at a COP, more than 40 million health professionals from around the globe joined the call to action by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and civil society organisations, to prioritise health in climate negotiations at COP28. Climate...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 5, 2023 | Briefing
THE Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has written to the government to express “serious concerns” about its anti-strike legislation breaching international law. The crossbench committee of MPs and Lords says that the government has failed to allay concerns about...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 4, 2023 | Briefing
NEW research by Citizens Advice finds more than one in four UK adults (28 per cent, the equivalent of 15.1 million people) say they are likely to use Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) to help with Christmas spending. This rises to 56 per cent of parents with primary...
