Leading rural organisations have reacted positively to the High Court’s dismissal of Wild Justice’s ‘speculative’ attempt to judicial review Defra’s most recent burning legislation in England. The attempted judicial review had sought to disrupt the Heather and Grass Burning (England) Regulations 2021 that bans heather burning on our most protected sites with peat of more… Read more »
Northern Ireland’s blasphemy laws are unlikely to be repealed within the current session of the Assembly. Northern Ireland Humanists has been working with the relevant Ministers to bring forward repeal. The Department of Justice hoped to do so as part of a wider criminal law reform bill. But the Department of Justice has been unable… Read more »
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By Ian Dunt Tony Blair must give his evidence to the Iraq war inquiry in public, according to the man chosen to chair the investigation. Sir John Chilcot stressed that all but the most sensitive points must be kept public when he gives his account of events to the committee. The former prime minister is… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Up to one hundred Romanians have said they will leave Northern Ireland after a recent series of racist attacks. According to the social development minister, Margaret Ritchie, 25 people had already left and another 75 were planning to return home as soon as they could. The Housing Executive said it will pay… Read more »
