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The Government has today brought forward a Bill to remove hereditary peers from the House of Lords. Humanists UK has welcomed this move as long overdue reform. But it has also said that the next step should be to remove the 26 Church of England bishops, known as the Lords Spiritual, who also have an automatic right… Read more »
Alistair Carmichael MP spoke of the need for building consensus with rural communities at BASC’s rural reception at the Liberal Democrat Conference in Brighton this week. Mr Carmichael, the newly appointed chair of the Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Select Committee, told guests at the packed event that his party would be a significant… Read more »
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A cross party group of MPs have condemned plans to close train ticket offices, dismissing them as radical and saying they go “too far, too fast”. Iain Stewart, who serves as the Conservative chair of the transport select committee, has written to Huw Merriman, the rail minister, voicing concern that the plans to close 870… Read more »
The leading “Leave” campaigner was a prominent voice the 2016 referendum, which saw the voting public back ending EU membership by 52 per to 48 per cent.
