Constitutional Reform

Featured
BASC logo
BASC welcomes review of habitat management course

The announcement that the new T Level responsible for educating future gamekeepers and land managers has been paused to reassess its specialist course structure has been warmly welcomed by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). The new course, Habitat management (land and water), has been earmarked to replace the current land & wildlife… Read more »

Featured
MDU logo
Plans to limit legal fees in dental claims a welcome first step says DDU

Plans to limit legal fees in dental claims a welcome first step says DDU Responding to the publication of a government consultation on limiting claimant’s legal fees for cases valued up to £25,000, John Makin, head of the DDU, said: “This consultation has been a long time coming and is a welcome first step. However, for a… Read more »

Latest articles

News
Foreign Office ordered to release draft of WMD dossier
Original “dodgy dossier” to be published

The government was last night ordered to publish an early draft of its controversial dossier on Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The Informational Tribunal said the Foreign Office must publish a draft of the dossier written by John Williams, a former journalist and head of the Foreign Office’s news department. It rejected claims… Read more »

News
Information Commissioner orders MPs to publish expenses
MPs ordered to disclose full expenses

MPs could be forced to release a more detailed breakdown of their expenses after a ruling by the information commissioner. Richard Thomas has said six MPs including the prime minister must publish full details of their expenses, including individual journeys taken, the amount spent on staffing and full information on any “incidental expenses”. The ruling,… Read more »