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Period poverty in the UK has been exacerbated by the cost of living crisis, charities warn, as the demand for menstrual products distributed by charities has increased.Data from Bloody Good Period, a charity that provides period products to those unable to buy them otherwise, found that there was a 78% increase in demand for their products during the first quarter of 2022, compared to the same period in 2020, rising from 7,452 packs of period products to 13,284.The charity also says it expects this increase in demand to continue to rise as a gre
stanley cups ater number of people have limited disposable income as essential items, such as electricity, gas, and fuel, take up a larger proportion of their budgets. The charity has also seen a decrease in individual donations and the smaller community grants they r
stanley cup eceive due to the cost of living crisis.Emma Defoe, the operations and activism manager at Bloody Good Period, said the charity is seeing increased demand from the organisations that distribute their products, such as food banks, groups supporting refugees, and groups supporting survivors of domestic violence. These period products include pads, tampons, reusable cups and period pants. The government committed to ta
stanley canada cking period poverty in 2019, yet despite the issue being so much worse now due to the combined impact of the pandemic plus the current crisis, there is no meaningful commitment nor funding to provide essential period products for people who cant afford them, Defoe says. I Dsny Parliamentary privilege: Responsible behaviour
Public concern over the ethical practices of large corporates is growing: protestors have recently found themselves at the sharp end of the law, with Extinction Rebellion protestors arrested and other campaigners slapped with injunctions. B
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stanley cup uk bbed McLibel , followed a libel action brought by US fast food giant McDonalds against Helen Steel, David Morris and three others over a leaflet they had distributed criticising the companys practices. The three others apologised and were not sued, but Steel and Morris fought the case in a David v Goliath battle.In a 762-page judgment, Mr Justice Bell, who sat without a jury, rejected the claims in the leaflet that McDonalds was to blame for starvation in developing countries or had used lethal poisons to destroy vast areas of rainforest. But he found that the company had pretended to a positive nutritional benefit which their food did not match , exploited children in its advertising, and helped to depress wages in the catering trade .Landmarks in law: Sally Bercow and the first major Twibel caseRead moreThe judge ruled that the pair had libelled the corporation and ordered them to pay 拢60,000 damages, reduced on appeal to 拢40,000. They refused to pay, and McDonalds has not pursued them for the money.The case was branded a PR disaster for McD