Constitutional Reform
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has committed to contributing £75,000 towards Natural England’s hen harrier recovery work over the next three years, via its Legacy Fund. Three annual payments of £25,000 will aid Natural England’s objectives of winter roost monitoring, support and education around diversionary feeding, and the southern reintroduction of the species. The three-year agreement follows… Read more »
he new Animal Sentience Committee will now have to respect cultural traditions, religion, and heritage when scrutinising government policy following a successful amendment, which has been supported by BASC, to the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill. A group of 31 MPs proposed an amendment accepted by the government at the report stage of the Animal Welfare (Sentience)… Read more »
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The crown will pass to female heirs, under new proposals being drawn up by the government, opening up the door to Prince William’s heir being a woman, if his firstborn is a girl. The proposals form the centrepiece of a series of reforms to the constitutional arrangements governing the monarchy. Ministers also want the 300-year-old… Read more »
Gordon Brown is contributing to another book, this time on Britain. Try not to get too excited. The last two books he wrote, Courage: Eight Portraits and Britain’s Everyday Heroes, were just too boring to read. As a political journalist, you felt a sense of duty, hoping for an insight into the man who, back… Read more »
