Constitutional Reform
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has declared a “critical incident” due to protracted backlogs of applications within its firearms licensing department. A critical incident is defined as “Any incident where the effectiveness of the police response is likely to have a significant impact on the confidence of the victim, their family or the community”. The… Read more »
BASC Scotland has reinforced its calls for a community deer management pilot scheme in light of a new round of Scottish government deer contracts. The Scottish government agency responsible for managing publicly-owned forestry – Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) – has announced plans to cull a fifth of Scotland’s wild deer population over the next… Read more »
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By Ian Dunt Michael Martin has made his farewell speech to the Commons today, by launching a blistering but carefully worded attack on party leaders for not acting earlier on expenses. In a moving and emotional speech Mr Martin described why he loved the mother of parliaments, but he also reserved some harsh comments for… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Exchequer secretary Kitty Ussher has resigned from the government after just ten days at the Treasury. She was forced to quit after revelations published in tomorrow’s Telegraph newspaper showed she had avoided capital gains tax by ‘flipping’ her Burnley home. Ms Ussher had been a minister at the Department of Work and… Read more »
