Constitutional Reform
BASC has said a new Natural History GCSE will help support the decision makers of the future steer the natural world for years to come. The new GCSE – which is set to launch in September 2025 – has the potential to engage thousands of schoolchildren each year by tackling topics such as conservation, sustainability, species interactions, climate change and… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) will be pushing for “meaningful improvements” within a Defra-published public consultation on a series of proposals to the dog microchipping regulations. The Microchipping of Dogs (England) Regulations were introduced in 2015 to increase re-unification rates of lost and stolen dogs, benefiting dog welfare and saving local authorities… Read more »
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Justice secretary Jack Straw has ruled out another Labour leader being made prime minister without a general election, calling it “unconstitutional”. Questioned on whether it was possible the prime minister would be replaced for a second time in a television interview yesterday, Mr Straw said: “Technically it would be unconstitutional, but it’s not going to… Read more »
John Prescott sought to blame government officials for his failure to pay council tax on his Admiralty House flat in Whitehall, it has emerged. The former deputy prime minister was forced to apologise in January 2006 after admitting he had allowed council tax at his Admiralty House flat, which should have come from his own… Read more »
