n/a

funding

November 6, 2019

Christian Aid manifesto: UK has moral obligation to help end global poverty

Christian Aid has launched its 2019 manifesto, demanding politicians take urgent action to tackle climate and economic injustice and to build peace; helping end poverty and create a fair and sustainable world.
September 22, 2019

Patient safety at risk in England unless nurse numbers increase, RCN warns

The Royal College of Nursing has launched a new campaign to encourage the public to speak out about the impact of England’s 40,000 nurse shortage.
September 16, 2019

Six months after cyclone Idai 'farmers are fainting in fields because of hunger'

Hunger is escalating as the United Nations humanitarian response in Mozambique is less than half funded, warns Oxfam.
August 31, 2019

More than half the world’s school-age refugee children do not get an education

The UNHCR says the steep decline in enrolment between primary and secondary school is a direct result of lack of funding for refugee education.
August 15, 2019

Government 'must take responsibility for record drug-related deaths'

The Transform Drug Policy Foundation says countries that have taken public health approaches to drug policy have seen plummeting death rates.
August 5, 2019

BMA responds to NHS pensions and funding announcements

The British Medical Association says the government must reverse years of NHS underfunding with sustained investment.
July 26, 2019

Community bodies key to mental health support 'face major financial pressures'

Competition for contracts often stops organisations from working well together and could lead to some going out of business altogether.
July 8, 2019

£5.3 billion EU regional aid funding to run out in 18 months, Councils warn

Councils are calling on the Government to urgently set out a plan to replace the European Structural and Investment Fund programme when it comes to an end in December next year.
July 6, 2019

Children as young as seven exploited by criminal gangs, says Children's Society

Children as young as seven are being drawn into the dangerous world of ‘county lines’ drug dealing, a new report from The Children’s Society is warning.
July 3, 2019

One in three councils fear funding for legal duties will run out within three years

Between 2010 and 2020, councils will have lost 60p out of every £1 they had from central government to run local services.