Constitutional Reform
Humanists UK has welcomed the announcement of a Private Members’ Bill which would disestablish the Church of England and separate church and state. Currently the Church of England is the official state religion of England, and the monarch is both the head of state and the head of the Church of England. The practice of… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has met key members of North Wales Police Crime Commission and the firearms licensing department to address concerns following a recent meeting of the North Wales Police and Crime Panel. During the meeting, in September, it was suggested that people should have a firearms licence for each gun they… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff George Osborne will learn if he is to be penalised over his expenses claims later. The shadow chancellor was investigated over his second home allowance by the parliamentary standards watchdog. The Tatton MP was accused of over-claiming on his mortgage in his Cheshire constituency home by a Labour activist. But Mr Osborne… Read more »
“It says on the tin we’re independent,” the man in charge of reforming MPs’ expenses explained. He is demonstrating this by double-checking everyone agrees with him. By Alex Stevenson Professor Sir Ian Kennedy, for it is he, no less, has succeeded in doing what absolutely none of the three party leaders want him to: keep… Read more »
