As Labour prepares for its first party conference in Liverpool since winning the election a coalition of trade unionists, academics, football fans, right to food campaigners and the Bishop of Liverpool have written an open letter to Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, calling for an end Foodbank Britain and warning him not to normalise food banks. Organised… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has urged the Scottish Government to ‘avoid pursuing’ DMNROs in the proposed new Natural Environment Bill. The bill was included in the Programme for Government, set out by First Minister John Swinney last week. The government has also now published its analysis of the responses to the… Read more »
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Chief Whip Geoff Hoon has said the leak of the news that transport secretary Ruth Kelly was to resign was a “serious mistake”. Mr Hoon admitted that while the revelation was unlikely to have been deliberate, it was an unnecessary blow to the government. He also claimed the emergence of Ms Kelly’s departure from the… Read more »
The Conservatives are set to gain the most from this year’s party conferences, a politics.co.uk poll suggests, as Tory delegates converge on Birmingham today. Nearly three-quarters of respondents said the Conservatives would emerge as the biggest winners from this year’s conferences. Fourteen per cent said the same of the Liberal Democrats after their ‘make it… Read more »
