TRANSPORT ACTION NETWORK (TAN) has welcomed the publication of the Rail and urban transport review, led by Juergen Maier. The review was commissioned by Labour when in opposition, to help the UK ...

IN almost everything I have written for Ekklesia for more than a decade, there has been one underlying theme – austerity. Whether it is poverty, hunger, the housing crisis, the state of the NHS or our ...

THE United Nations has recognised a wide range of concerns raised by civil society organisations, including Quakers, in its latest review of racism in the UK. Quakers in Britain submitted evidence on ...

I RECENTLY SUPPORTED a Palestinian doctor who was arrested and charged at a rally while peacefully protesting against the war on Gaza. Outside the court I talked to his wife. She asked me what I did.

A NEW REPORT from the Resolution Foundation, The Living Standards Outlook 2024, analyses what could happen to incomes and poverty over the course of this Parliament. The report says that while the ...

AS schools look to a new academic year, school leaders, governors, teaching unions, Child Poverty Action Group and others working in schools have written to Secretary of State for Education Bridget ...

IN JANUARY this year, the Women’s Budget Group (WBG) launched a six-month trial reducing its full-time working hours to 30 per week without loss of pay. This shorter working week has now become a ...

THIS ZERO WASTE WEEK (2-6 September 2024), Benthyg Cymru is championing the ‘borrow, don’t buy’ movement. Benthyg (ben-thig) means “to borrow or lend” in Welsh. Along with the Welsh Government they ...