Sentences with phrase «warned by campaigners»

Nestlé is the target of an international boycott for its activities and Danone has been warned by campaigners that it may also be targeted with a consumer campaign, which has prompted it to change some practices.

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The committee's latest report has been welcomed by campaigners including Girlguiding UK and the Fawcett Society, which has warned that proposed boundary changes could make things even worse for women looking to get into politics.

Geoffrey Dickens warned other campaigners against child sex abuse they could be targeted by «powerful people», years after he handed in information about an alleged Westminster paedophile ring.

SHOUT campaigners have previously warned that the ability of HMRC to collect revenues and provide tax advice to the community and local businesses would be drastically undermined by the closures.

According to the Scotsman, campaigners and politicians are warning that children educated in faith schools are being left behind when it comes to combating threats posed by those abusing internet technology.

The government claims it is collecting the data to help schools to cope better with pupils with first languages other than English, but privacy campaigners have warned that any agreement not to share the new data with other departments is «in effect, worthless» because it is not backed up by legislation.

The Hill notes that anti-tax campaigners had warned Republicans that a vote to kill this subsidy, if not accompanied by a tax break elsewhere, constituted a vote to raise taxes.

Putting a financial value on trees that could otherwise be cut down is viewed with deep suspicion by campaigners, who warn of land grabs and fraudulent accounting in host countries.

Later that year, the then Director of the Tyndall Centre, Professor Mike Hulme warned that the language being used — not just by the media, but also by politicians, campaigners, and scientists — in the discussion around climate change was increasingly removed from anything scientific, and was likely to encourage people to switch off:

TUC Report finds women and children have been disproportionately affected by the devastating impact of LASPO, by Emma Fitzsimons Prior its enactment, campaigners warned that the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 («LASPO») 1 would decimate legal aid, deny access to justice to thousands of vulnerable litigants and prove to be a false economy, shifting the burden to an already understaffed court system and overburdened legal aid services sector.

Campaigners welcomed the decision, which they warned could have criminalised mothers who drink during pregnancy or even, by extension, engage in other behaviour that could harm the unborn child.