Constitutional Reform
The government’s new environmental land management schemes are an open door for management practices undertaken for shooting and conservation, says the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). The two new schemes unveiled by the Secretary of State for Defra George Eustice at the Oxford Farming Conference will play a pivotal role in the Governments’… Read more »
Yesterday the Government announced proposals to introduce outdoor civil marriages at approved premises on a permanent basis and to also introduce outdoor religious marriages, but failed to make any similar reforms to legally recognise humanist marriages. Humanists UK has urged the Government to act now to legally recognise humanist marriages without delay. Humanists UK Chief… Read more »
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Tony Blair has described proposals to ban Scottish MPs from voting on English issues as “completely wrong”. The prime minister fielded questions from two Labour backbenchers on Tory plans to only allow English MPs to vote on issues that only affect England, but not from Tory leader David Cameron who chose to focus on Afghanistan… Read more »
John Prescott is facing an inquiry from the parliamentary watchdog over his failure to declare a stay at the home of an American billionaire. The deputy prime minister spent two days at the home of Philip Anschutz, whose company Anschutz Entertainment Group is hoping to turn the Millennium Dome into Britain’s first super-casino. The government… Read more »
