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January 12, 2021

Councils call for Ofsted school inspections not to be resumed

Councils are urging Ofsted to postpone the resumption of monitoring inspections for schools, to avoid adding to the considerable burden of school leaders and staff.
December 1, 2020

Intrusive technology at work on the rise, says TUC report

The TUC says that Artificial Intelligence-powered technologies are being used for day-to-day line management, performance ratings, shift allocation and deciding who is disciplined or made redundant.
November 10, 2020

Action by indigenous people has reduced deforestation in Brazil, says Greenpeace

As a reaction to several crime reports from the Karipuna People, police operations have been carried out, resulting in arrests and the confiscation of materials used for logging.
November 1, 2020

Defra announces protection of wildlife sites from release of millions of gamebirds

The introduction of 60 million non-native gamebirds a year causes damage to vegetation, soils, invertebrates and reptiles, say campaigners.
March 19, 2020

Reassurances from HMIP as prison inspections suspended in England and Wales

All scheduled inspection work involving visits to prisons or other places of State detention in England and Wales has been suspended up to the end of May 2020.
November 1, 2019

UN Human Rights Office welcomes new agreement with Colombia

The agreement enables the continuation of the UN Human Rights Office presence and activities in Colombia over the next three years.
April 18, 2019

Call for central banks to step up to the urgency of climate change

The New Economics Foundation has welcomed a report from an international group of central banks and regulators, but says more urgent action must be taken.
March 25, 2019

Wild Justice challenges Natural England's licences that allow bird killing

The environmental organisation has issued legal proceedings in the High Court challenging the system used to authorise the killing of birds that would otherwise be protected.
January 25, 2019

Denmark warned for failure to properly control fisheries

Environmental organisations ClientEarth and Our Fish have welcomed a decision by the European Commission to follow-up on infringement proceedings against Denmark for failing to properly control fishing practices, and for illegal misreporting of catches.
January 17, 2019

NAO report on government’s approach to monitoring the natural environment

Good performance metrics will be essential in ensuring that the government’s environmental goals are met, says the National Audit Office.