UK news archive
January 2006
25.01.2006
The Palestine Society of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London has invited all Palestinians in the Diaspora to participate in symbolic elections on the actual date of elections to be held in the Occupied Palestinian Territories on 25 January.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Democracy] |
24.01.2006
A new international development Bill - which aims to ensure that the government is kept to promises made in 2005 to deliver more aid to poor countries - has passed through its beginning stage unopposed after receiving the support of both the Conservative and Lib Dem frontbenches.
more...* International Development Bill moves forward to next stage From: UNICEF UK, CAFOD Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Aid] [Law] Image: Charities call for 0.7% aid commitment
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23.01.2006
Bereket Yohannes from Eritrea has become the seventh asylum-seeker to die at his own hands whilst incarcerated in a UK detention centre.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Refugees] |
20.01.2006
Thomson Financials IFR magazine raised £2 million for Save the Children at its 11th annual awards dinner this week.
more...From: Save the Children UK Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Children] [Civil society] |
20.01.2006
Women surpass men in almost every measure of charitable behaviour, according to new research by Oxfam.
more...From: Oxfam Great Britain Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Gender] [Civil society] Image: Trade Justice lobbyists with Coventry MP: key role for women activists © Gabrielle Hamm
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20.01.2006
Incinerators are inefficient and are not a solution to Britain's waste problem, said a leading environmental group in response to suggestions that the government is planning to force through a big increase in incineration capacity in the UK.
more...From: Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Pollution] |
19.01.2006
MPs have been urged to support moves to introduce a legal obligation on the British government to prove its commitment to lifting millions of people out of poverty.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Aid] |
17.01.2006
A motion to make Fairtrade tea and coffee the compulsory default option in National Union of Students unions is due to be voted on at the NUS conference in March.
more...From: People & Planet Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Trade] [Activism] |
16.01.2006
An international medical humanitarian organisation today launches its first healthcare project in London, aimed at providing services for the homeless, sexworkers and other vulnerable people.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Health] Image: Westminster: help is at hand © Peter Armstrong
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13.01.2006
Newly qualified teachers will no longer be recruited for classroom vacancies in developing countries - the culmination of a growing trend towards senior volunteering, VSO announced as it launched a major recruitment drive.
more...From: Voluntary Service Overseas Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Aid] [Education] Image: VSO
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12.01.2006
MPs debate debate the enforced removal of families with young children - in the absence of the Minister for Immigration, Tony McNulty.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Children] [Migration] [Refugees] |
09.01.2006
Following a call by a retired General for the impeachment of Tony Blair over the Iraq war this morning, a democracy group has renewed its pressure for a Bill that would require parliamentary approval for the use of the armed forces.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Democracy] [War and peace] Image: We, the people
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09.01.2006
Cutting food miles with the help of "prohibitively high" charges for polluting lorries and reduicing London's greenhouse gas emissions by 60 per cent by 2050 were among the aims listed by London Mayor Ken Livingstone in an address to the Soil Association.
more...From: Guardian Unlimited Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Climate change] |
09.01.2006
Government has been urged to reconsider proposals to close four leading wildlife research labs in the UK - including a centre responsible for pioneering work on climate change impact.
more...From: Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Science] |
06.01.2006
Supermarket giant ASDA has "taken a positive step forward in corporate social and environmental responsibility" by signing up to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil that it is hoped will halt destruction of orangutans.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Malaysia] [Indonesia] [Conservation] [Animals] |
06.01.2006
The announcement of a public consultation on the government's national action plan against human trafficking was welcomed yesterday, but Downing Street was urged to sign the Council of Europe's European Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings.
more...From: Anti-Slavery International Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Justice and crime] |
05.01.2006
The UKs top ten renewable energy projects that began generating electricity in 2005 have been commended by the Government for raising awareness of the issue and contributing to renewable targets.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Renewable energy] [Politics] |
04.01.2006
The projected cost of cleaning up the sites of Britain's old nuclear power stations is likely to leap to more than £70bn when new figures are published early this year.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Finance] [Nuclear Issues] Image: Campagna Antinucleare inglese
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