In this issue
In this issue
- Merseyside churches respond to Hillsborough inquest.
- Brexit could increase risk of injury at work says TUC report
- Northern Ireland abortion law ‘criminalises women’ says Amnesty
- Cautious optimism for the anti-austerity movement.
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation report:1.25 million destitute in UK
- Lords report reveals Brexit danger for working people says TUC
- Stephen Crabb and ‘compassionate conservatism’
- Christian Aid urges Cameron to ‘clean up’ UK tax havens
- MPs demand government action on UK tax havens
- Padded edges and the Commonwealth of Heaven
- EU debate must consider Britain’s role in tackling global poverty
- UN demands protection for hospitals in conflict zones
- UN adopts landmark resolutions on peacebuilding
- UN chief welcomes first-ever Olympic refugee team
- Syria: is this the end of hope?
Merseyside churches respond to Hillsborough inquest.
The presidents of Churches Together in the Merseyside Region have issued a joint statement in response to the Hillsborough Inquest.
Brexit could increase risk of injury at work says TUC report
Leaving the EU could put millions of people in the UK at increased risk of accidents or injuries in the workplace, says a TUC report published yesterday (28 April 2016) to coincide with International Workers’ Memorial Day.
Northern Ireland abortion law ‘criminalises women’ says Amnesty
Amnesty International has called for a change to Northern Ireland’s abortion law, which it branded “cruel and discriminatory”, as another ‘abortion pills’ case came before the courts in Belfast yesterday (27 April 2016) concerning a woman accused of supplying pills to assist her under-age daughter to induce a miscarriage.
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Cautious optimism for the anti-austerity movement.
I am not affiliated to any political party and have used my vote over the last thirty years to elect candidates for a number of different parties.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report:1.25 million destitute in UK
A new report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Destitution in the UK has been published today (27 April 2016) Destitution is the most severe form of poverty in the UK and means someone cannot afford the basic essentials they need to eat, keep clean and stay warm and dry.
Lords report reveals Brexit danger for working people says TUC
Commenting on a report published today by the House of Lords European Union Committee on the process of Brexit, the TUC says the report backs up other legal experts who say that working people could face years of uncertainty and chaos if Britain votes to leave the EU.
Stephen Crabb and ‘compassionate conservatism’
Christian Aid urges Cameron to ‘clean up’ UK tax havens
Christian Aid campaigners from Witney gathered on 30 April 2016 in the Prime Minister’s constituency outside properties which are now owned in Jersey and the British Virgin Islands, to demand that David Cameron finally gets tough with the UK’s secretive tax havens.
MPs demand government action on UK tax havens
MPs from major UK political parties want the government to use its Anti-Corruption Summit next week to require transparency in the UK tax havens, Christian Aid said after a Parliamentary debate in Westminster Hall.
Padded edges and the Commonwealth of Heaven
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EU debate must consider Britain’s role in tackling global poverty
Any debate around the UK’s future in the European Union must take into account the country’s role in fighting poverty and inequality across the world, Christian Aid has said.
UN demands protection for hospitals in conflict zones
With increasing wartime assaults on and patterns of systematic destruction of health facilities in countries affected by conflict, the UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution to strengthen protection for health care workers, the sick and wounded, hospitals and clinics, in war zones.
UN adopts landmark resolutions on peacebuilding
The United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council have concurrently adopted resolutions on the organisation’s peacebuilding architecture, providing renewed momentum for the focus within the UN system on ‘sustaining peace.’
UN chief welcomes first-ever Olympic refugee team
During a visit to Geneva on 29 April 2016, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the first-ever Olympic refugee team to compete in the international event, and received the Olympic Cup Award on behalf of the UN.
Syria: is this the end of hope?
Five long years of protests, violence, suffering, bloodletting, proxy wars, fresh hopes marooned on jagged deceptions, untold misery, the barbarity of pseudo-religious claims, and the cheap venom o