Ahead of tomorrow’s Stage 1 debate in the Scottish Parliament, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has warned that the Natural Environment Bill poses several risks to the balance of deer management in Scotland. BASC has briefed MSPs on its main concerns and is urging a rethink of proposals that could undermine effective… Read more »
The House of Lords Select Committee for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has just announced its final oral witnesses, and it will not hear from terminally ill individuals or those who have assisted loved ones to die. Clare Turner, a terminally ill person, and Louise Shackleton, who accompanied her husband to Switzerland… Read more »
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By Alice cannet Russia and China have already launched cyber attacks against the UK government, it emerged today. The revelation came in the UK’s first cyber security strategy, published this morning, which found online threats from criminals, terrorists and hostile countries are on the rise. Security minister Lord West confirmed that the UK government had… Read more »
By Alice Cannet Shadow chancellor George Osborne is reviewing plans for an emergency two – day cabinet meeting soon after his party is elected which would bind ministers into large-scale spending cuts. High-spending department heads would have to settle collectively on how to bring spending down, an idea which stems from Labour policies in the… Read more »
