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December 30, 2020

Teaching union calls for schools and colleges to delay January opening

Teaching union asks Government to release its own modelling of what might happen to cases amongst pupils, parents and staff given the best current understanding of the new variant of the virus.
December 23, 2020

Application submitted for second inquest into death of Jodey Whiting

A Consultant Psychiatrist concluded that there was likely to have been a causal link between the DWP failings and Jodey Whiting’s state of mind immediately before her death.
September 29, 2020

Rebuilding a fairer Scotland after COVID-19

The Scottish Government is seeking ideas to drive a fairer recovery in the wake of COVID-19.
March 9, 2020

Government 'should use tax and regulation to improve public health'

Unhealthy behaviours are shaped by social, economic and environmental factors and cannot be changed by relying on individual responsibility alone, says a new briefing from the King's Fund.
February 4, 2020

Call for evidence to be submitted to inquiry into Universal Credit

The Committee will examine whether the policy assumptions reflected in the design of Universal Credit are appropriate for different groups of claimants.
January 29, 2020

MS Society critical of Personal Independence Payment assessments

A new research report by the MS Society shows that more than half of people with MS surveyed didn’t feel their PIP assessor understood their condition.
November 18, 2019

Call for governor of Texas to grant clemency to Rodney Reed

Amnesty International has called on the governor of Texas to grant clemency to Rodney Reed, a black man facing execution despite serious doubts over his conviction before an all-white jury in 1998.
October 11, 2019

MPs and Reprieve take Government to court over refusal to hold torture inquiry

The Government has never delivered on promises to hold a fully independent, judge-led inquiry into UK complicity in US torture and extraordinary rendition of individuals as part of the so-called ‘war on terror’.
July 16, 2019

Government to announce final torture inquiry decision ‘this week’

The Government will set out its decision on a judge-led inquiry into British complicity in US rendition and torture later this week, de facto Deputy Prime Minister David Lidington MP announced
June 8, 2019

Committee asks DWP to reconsider stance on Universal Credit survival sex evidence

Request for a revised official response comes after powerful private testimony from women with personal experience, to be published shortly.