by Agency Reporter | Aug 13, 2024 | Briefing
THE National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has written to the National Police Chiefs’ Council, saying attempts by police forces to strong-arm photographers and videographers into handing over images is an affront to media freedom and puts their safety at risk. Following...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 12, 2024 | Briefing
THE Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has raised concerns to the United Nations (UN) about the different experiences many people from different ethnic minority groups face across healthcare, justice and employment in England and Wales. The EHRC’s latest...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 12, 2024 | Briefing
THE need for a clear strategy on the role, purpose and future of Victorian prisons is explored in a briefing published by the University of Birmingham and the University of Bath, in partnership with the Howard League for Penal Reform. The policy briefing, Making...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 11, 2024 | Briefing
PROVIDING free specialist legal advice could save the government £4.5 billion for every half a million people who receive it, a new report has found, as leading legal organisations renew calls to “spend to save on justice”. The new report The value of justice for all,...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 10, 2024 | Briefing
ENGLAND now has 13 million more bedrooms than it did in the 1990s, with more than one fifth of homes now containing four or more bedrooms. Yet this has not been enough to bring down overcrowding, according to new Resolution Foundation research. The Foundation’s latest...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 10, 2024 | Briefing
GULF STATES are failing to protect outdoor migrant workers experiencing dangerous, heat-related health risks as global warming-fuelled heatwaves envelope the region, says Human Rights Watch. Migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)...
