Practical Action is a long-established charity which aims to introduce small-scale simple technology to make big differences to large numbers of people.
And yet more! After a very long wait we're getting there.
And yet more! After a very long wait we're getting there.
In a damning report produced for the League against Cruel Sports, Andy Wightman and & Dr Ruth Tingay shows how Scottish grouse shooting estates receive lavish govermnent subsidies. One estate, Glenogil, which is managed as a grouse shooting estate, receives agricultural subsidies from the Scottish Government. The presence of a sheep flock (used to 'mop up' ticks that would otherwise attack the grouse) is sufficient to qualify the estate as an agricultural holding. In 2010, the estate received £368,787 in public funds and in 2011, £346,757. Such taxpayer provided funds allows the building of electric fences and private roads that scar the countryside so that well heeled grouse shooters are saved the effort of trekking across the moors. Meanwhile, employees on grouse estates are paid less than the national minimum wage.
Sex & Power 2015 is out today - our annual report with the Counting Women In coalition. It is a bittersweet celebration this year as progress has been made, more women are getting through the door but the glass ceiling remains intact. The lack of women in senior decision making roles is not just unjust it is wasteful. From the finance sector to politics, the media and the judiciary, we are missing out on valuable experience that could improve the way we make policy.
Dear Sir,