Civil Liberties
The Government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which was announced in the 2024 King’s Speech, will receive its First Reading in Parliament today. Humanists UK has welcomed proposals including a Children Not in School Register and legislation to close loopholes that enable the continued operation of illegal faith schools. The Bill also includes a requirement… Read more »
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has sent its final recommendations to the government on the restriction proposals for lead ammunition in England, Scotland and Wales. This is the culmination of a consultation launched in 2022, which has run alongside the voluntary transition away from lead first proposed by nine leading rural organisations, including BASC,… Read more »
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The use of control orders by the government has been branded “unlawful” by the high court. Mr Justice Sullivan ruled that control orders against six men broke European human rights law. Control orders are a key feature of the government’s anti-terror legislation. They can be imposed by the home secretary to restrict an individual’s movement… Read more »
Ken Clarke has criticised David Cameron for “xenophobic” remarks in a speech about scrapping the Human Rights Act. The former Conservative chancellor, whose pro-European stance is well documented, said Mr Cameron’s speech, in which he detailed plans for a British bill of rights, was “anti-foreigner”. Mr Clarke, who lost out to David Cameron in the… Read more »
