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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) overpaid £8.6bn across benefits in 2021-22, with £6.5bn of that figure due to fraud.
“It also allows me to state my conviction that strengthening of institutions supporting pluralism is as critical for the welfare and progress of human society as are poverty alleviation and conflict prevention. In fact all three are intimately related”. Mawlana Hazar Imam, Prince Claus Fund’s conference on Culture and Development, Amsterdam, September 7, 2002
The National Conciliation and Arbitration Board marks Conflict Resolution Day.
FOCUS has been supporting the resettlement of approximately 200 Afghan migrants from refugee camps in Greece to Portugal since winter 2021, with a further 150 migrants due to be resettled by the end of the year. Today we hear from three families who have recently resettled in Portugal as part of “A New Beginning”, the bilateral agreement between the Portuguese and Greek authorities. The Hissami, Saberi and Sarkhosh families tell us of how FOCUS has helped them on their resettlement journey and what their hopes and dreams are for the future.
“Wealth and Power are not objectives in themselves but are to be used in the service of others “Irshad Mubarak in Shugnan, Tajikistan, 25 September 1998.
Following UK Chancellor’s recent announcements as part of the Government’s ‘Growth Plan’, we outline below key tax-related announcements for guidance purposes:
The Bank of England has raised interest rates by a further 0.5% to 2.25%, rejecting calls for a 0.75% rise supported by some members of the monetary policy committee.
Businesses will be given financial support for six months to cover up to 50% of their energy bills in the latest move by government to mitigate soaring energy costs.
Meet Rahila, one of FOCUS’s key personnel, who herself received support from FOCUS in the 1990s when her family fled from Afghanistan to Pakistan. Now she is a Case Management Coordinator for FOCUS’s European Settlement Programme and works to help settle migrants who have recently arrived in Europe. She tells us of her journey and how she has gone full circle with FOCUS.
Following an invitation from Buckingham Palace, Mawlana Hazar Imam requested Prince Rahim to represent him at the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, which took place today. Prince Rahim attended the Committal Ceremony held at Windsor Castle this afternoon.
Women are crucial to AKAH and FOCUS’s emergency response operations, with 40% of our nearly 40,000 local emergency volunteers being female. Today we celebrate three of them, who are based in Pakistan and hear what inspires them to be on the front line of our emergency relief operations.
The government will freeze the energy cap at £2,500 and promises equivalent support for businesses, charities and public sector although no detail is available as yet.
In response to the flooding emergency in Pakistan, The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat Pakistan (AKAH-P) has provided emergency relief supplies, evacuation and shelter support and technical coordination services with funding support from Focus Humanitarian Assistance.
Featuring almost a decade’s worth of photos, Prince Hussain’s exhibition The Living Sea – Fragile Beauty finally arrived in the UK. Entering the social hall of the Ismaili Centre, London yesterday, visitors found themselves in a dazzling underwater world.
An avid tropical fish hobbyist since the age of five and a reptile and amphibian enthusiast for nearly as long, Prince Hussain Aga Khan developed a keen interest in conservation at a young age and began scuba diving at 14.
The Gilgit-Baltistan’s Goodwill Movement GB GWM) is an organisation working on community and skills-based development for persons with disabilities in Gilgit-Baltistan.
The UK has dropped to 21st place from its previous position at sixth due to the increase in corporation tax to 25% in April 2023.
HMRC officers are using new powers to target till fraud carrying out spot checks on businesses which suppress takings to avoid tax.
