Constitutional Reform
The announcement that the Home Office has begun tendering for a system to replace England and Wales’ firearms licensing database has been received enthusiastically by the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). First reported in The Register, the pre-procurement notice will start the process of replacing the National Firearms Licence… Read more »
During last night’s late night sitting in the House of Lords, running beyond 2am, peers voted to allow women to continue to access abortion services at home. Prior to Covid, women were required to attend a clinic in person to access abortion pills. But since then, they have been able to receive the pills by post. The… Read more »
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The government has launched an inquiry investigating how a memory stick containing access details for a government information website was misplaced. A stick containing usernames and passwords for Gateway, which provides numerous government services such as tax returns and pension information, was found in the car park of a pub and handed to the Mail… Read more »
The parliamentary standards commissioner, John Lyon, has rejected calls to launch an inquiry into shadow chancellor George Osborne. It is the second body which has decided against launching a probe, after the Electoral Commission similarly rejected calls from Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs. “The commissioner has received a complaint about Mr Osborne and has not… Read more »
