BBC
The share of adults in Northern Ireland with no religion is surging, according to the latest data from the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey. The results of the 2020 survey have just been published. 27% of respondents said they had no religion – an increase of 7% on 2019. This latest surge means that the overall… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has welcomed the announcement that enclosed gamebirds are to be included within enhanced livestock worrying legislation in England and Wales. Listing enclosed gamebirds and increasing police powers for dealing with incidents of livestock worrying are just two parts of a wider Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill introduced… Read more »
Latest articles
By politics.co.uk staff Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has suggested the BBC needs to go further on top executives’ and stars’ pay packages. Recent moves to publish details of the latter without confirming the precise salaries of the corporation’s top talent would have to go further when it comes to next year’s negotiations for the licence… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson The BBC has jumped to defend itself after a Conservative MP accused it of giving Taliban statements disproportionately high prominence. Reporting of defence secretary Liam Fox’s statement to the Commons on Afghanistan yesterday saw the Taliban attempt to paint Britain’s withdrawal from the Sangin area as a ‘retreat’. Tory MP David Tredinnick… Read more »
