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G7 leaders agree to donate 8% of necessary COVID vaccines
The G7 meetings produced a new donation of 870 million COVID vaccines to struggling countries, with no progress on a waiver for vaccine patents.
Can the Irish Action Plan support business and human rights?
Professor Martha O’Hagan, Trinity Business School, discusses the human rights potential of a second Irish National Action Plan.
Repurposed buildings: How to best manage the vacant property until that happens?
Repurposing could be the answer to the social and affordable housing shortage. But how can we manage a vacant property until that happens? Stuart Woolgar, CEO of Global Guardians Management Ltd, explore.
Public procurement, a brave new world?
Peter Ware, Partner and Head of Government sector at Browne Jacobson, discusses public procurement and the extent to which this is a brave new world.
Queen’s Speech addresses key obesity prevention plans
Mhairi Brown, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Action on Salt and Action on Sugar, ponders the Queen's speech discussing the Government’s commitment to legislate their key obesity prevention plans by 2022.
US pushes for investigation into origins of COVID-19
President Biden asked US intelligence agencies to begin investigating the origins of COVID-19 yesterday (26 May) - the international WHO team were unable to access all available data in their March trip to Wuhan.
Property: An enabler to kick-start local economic growth
Dr Janet Young, Government Chief Property Officer for the UK government and a Director General in the Cabinet Office, explains why property is seen as an enabler to kick-start local economic growth.
The future of Europe: digital, green, but first of all democratic!
Christa Schweng, President, European Economic and Social Committee, states that the future of Europe is digital, green, but first of all, democratic!
Parliament and Council agree on EU Digital COVID Certificate proposal
The European Parliament and the Council have reached an agreement on the Commission's proposal of the EU Digital COVID Certificate.
New data finds 1.6% of UK rape cases lead to charges
The Guardian revealed new data analysis of the Home Office figures on crime, finding that only 1.6% of UK rape cases led to charges in 2020 - which is 843 out of 52,210.
COVID-19 and its impact on society
European Public Health Association Executive Director, Dineke Zeegers Paget, updates us about COVID-19 and its impact on society, public health, healthcare and equitable access to vaccines.
New research explores digital evolution of US extremist groups
On 6 January, 2021, the world watched as an angry crowd broke into the US capitol building - here, researchers explore the evolution of US extremist groups and how this moment of violence happened.
What lasting legacies of COVID-19 will local government take forward?
Lorraine Smith, Divisional Managing Director at Civica, discusses how the pandemic has not only re-shaped local government when it comes to new ways of working but also in transforming citizen engagement.
Supporting economic growth & regeneration in the UK
Bev Hurley CBE, Chair of the Institute of Economic Development, calls for "a sharp and clear focus" in the Shared Prosperity Fund to reduce inequality.
Social welfare research: Foster care support
Professor Kayoko ITO works on a range of social welfare and social work studies, including a foster care support model, as we discover here.
Reception and beyond: Observing current social issues in Japan from the perspective of Roman...
Here, Professor Mariko Igimi discusses the reception of Roman Law in Japan.
Eviction ban extension – is it out of hand?
Andy Jansons, Managing Director of Jansons Property, discusses the eviction ban extension and explores when the line should be drawn.
What happens now that the US supports the TRIPS waiver?
Rachel Thrasher, Research Fellow at the Global Development Policy Center in Boston, explains how the new US stance could change the TRIPS waiver debate.
European Commission hesitates on TRIPS waiver for pandemic
The European Commission on Thursday (6 May) responded to a US declaration of support for the TRIPS waiver, stating that they were open to further discussions without explicit agreement.
US declares support for TRIPS waiver on COVID vaccines
The TRIPS waiver would temporarily stop an intellectual property law that stops poorer countries to manufacture the vaccine - the US now joins India and South Africa in the proposal.
