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April 16, 2020

Call for urgent government action to keep babies and young children safe

In some areas, staff who would normally safeguard babies have been redeployed to repsond to the COVID-19 crisis.
April 14, 2020

Up to 5.6 million people risk falling through cracks in government support

The New Economics Foundation proposal of a Minimum Income Guarantee is estimated to cost less than half the cost of the government’s current schemes.
April 9, 2020

Better-off households may increase savings as spending on activities falls in lockdown

Poorer households spend more of their budgets on essentials which makes it harder for them to cope with reductions in their incomes, says the IFS.
April 6, 2020

Boom in online library memberships since coronavirus lockdown

Councils are providing additional online access to resources under the hashtag #LibrariesFromHome, extending online memberships for no extra fee, and all fines incurred as a result of the closures will be waived.
March 27, 2020

US trade talks must be put on hold to deal with pandemic, say campaigners

Campaigners say new trade deals must receive full parliamentary and public scrutiny, and it is difficult to see how that can be achieved when parliament has risen and the country is on lockdown.
August 16, 2019

Call for Prime Minister Modi to end lockdown in Jammu and Kashmir

A communications blackout has ensured the Indian government's near-total control over information coming out of the region.

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Jan 14 2021

Call to halt UK police training programmes for repressive states

The College of Policing has provided training for at least 12 countries that are listed as 'human rights priority countries' by the Foreign and...

Jan 13 2021

Royal College of Paediatrics calls for urgent review of children's meal packages

Jan 13 2021

Jersey islanders invited to join citizens' jury on assisted dying

Jan 12 2021

Councils call for Ofsted school inspections not to be resumed

Jan 12 2021

Catholic bishops call on UK to 'forsake its nuclear arsenal'

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