Constitutional Reform
The Preston and District Wildfowling Association (PDWA) have been awarded a £21,000 grant from the Wildlife Habitat Charitable Trust (WHCT) to improve habitat on the protected Hutton Marsh in the Ribble Estuary. The grant will be used to fund habitat improvements for nesting birds, as well as to encourage water voles and otters into the… Read more »
North Yorkshire Police’s decision to halt all firearm and shotgun certificate grants has been described by the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), as “a clear breach of their statutory duty”. In correspondence with North Yorkshire MPs, BASC has asked that the force is scrutinised and that they resume… Read more »
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John Prescott will chair nine cabinet committees and deputise for Tony Blair on seven others, Downing Street has announced. The news has been released to counter suggestions that the deputy prime minister is no longer worth his £134,000 ministerial salary after losing his department responsibilities. In the reshuffle earlier this month, the Office of the… Read more »
The government is keen to get an agreement on a partly elected and partly appointed House of Lords, the minister in charge of the negotiations has said. Jack Straw, who was appointed leader of the House of Commons in the reshuffle earlier this month, said that despite his previous personal opposition to a fully appointed… Read more »
