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Today, members of the House of Lords will debate the Terminally Ill Adults Bill for the first sitting of Committee Stage. Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, Baroness Grey-Thompson, Lord Carlile of Berriew, Baroness Coffey, Lord Goodman of Wycombe, Lord Moylan, and Lord Sandhurst, all opponents of the Assisted Dying Bill, have together tabled 587 amendments to… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) met the new Policing Minister, Sarah Jones MP, on Wednesday 12 November, to raise concerns affecting the shooting community, including a forthcoming consultation on plans to merge shotgun and firearms licensing. During the meeting with the Minister, BASC underlined the sector’s commitment to high standards and public… Read more »
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The Shadow Chancellor today accused Gordon Brown of “dodgy arithmetic” in his calculations of planned civil service cuts. Oliver Letwin invited Ministers to “rebut the allegations”, during a press briefing at which he sought to “explode myths” about the Government’s planned civil service job cuts, outlined by the Chancellor during the Comprehensive Spending Review. In… Read more »
The Liberal Democrats have claimed that only one in five fathers are taking advantage of their right to paid paternity leave. From April 2003 onwards, new fathers have been entitled to take two weeks’ paid leave at £100 a week, or 90 per cent of their weekly salary if less. This is the same rate… Read more »
