Constitutional Reform
As Labour prepares for its first party conference in Liverpool since winning the election a coalition of trade unionists, academics, football fans, right to food campaigners and the Bishop of Liverpool have written an open letter to Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, calling for an end Foodbank Britain and warning him not to normalise food banks. Organised… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has urged the Scottish Government to ‘avoid pursuing’ DMNROs in the proposed new Natural Environment Bill. The bill was included in the Programme for Government, set out by First Minister John Swinney last week. The government has also now published its analysis of the responses to the… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff The chain of emails detailing Department of Health (DoH), Office of National Statistics (ONS) and Downing Street officials’ disagreements over the release of knife crime data has been made public. The series of emails, released by the Public Administration select committee shows DoH and ONS officials opposing releasing the publication of the… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Ministers should be able to appoint civil servants and hold them accountable for policy delivery, according to a thinktank. A report by Reform casts aside concerns about the politicisation of the civil service – a key tenant of the Westminster system – arguing that the Australian system, whereby the prime minister appoints… Read more »
