Constitutional Reform
Tuesday 25 June will mark a decade since the historic judgement that ruled against the right to die. The ruling of R (Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice made on 25 June 2014 by the Supreme Court, found it was up to parliament to decide on the matter of assisted dying. Humanists UK would like to… Read more »
In light of new investigatory powers granted to the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty Animals (SSPCA), the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has issued a letter to Police Scotland and the Crown Office, urging them to closely monitor and guard against the potential for bias in any evidence gathered by the… Read more »
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The High Court has ruled against MP being able to keep details of their second home expenses out of the public domain. An original ruling by the Informational Tribunal ordering 14 MPs, including prime minister Gordon Brown, to reveal the numbers was blocked when a Commons group led by speaker Michael Martin said it could… Read more »
The prime minister should not have the power to decide when elections are held, the Liberal Democrats have said. The party’s bill to introduce four-year fixed term parliaments has its second reading in the Commons tomorrow. “The present system gives a totally unfair advantage to the party in power, by allowing prime ministers to take… Read more »
