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As Labour prepares for its first party conference in Liverpool since winning the election a coalition of trade unionists, academics, football fans, right to food campaigners and the Bishop of Liverpool have written an open letter to Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, calling for an end Foodbank Britain and warning him not to normalise food banks. Organised… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has urged the Scottish Government to ‘avoid pursuing’ DMNROs in the proposed new Natural Environment Bill. The bill was included in the Programme for Government, set out by First Minister John Swinney last week. The government has also now published its analysis of the responses to the… Read more »
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The government has today pledged £200,000 to help local authorities crack down on the use of mini-motorbikes this summer. Home secretary John Reid said the bikes, which are marketed as toys but can travel at up to 60 miles per hour, were “causing misery in too many of our local communities”. The Royal Society for… Read more »
The home secretary has pledged to challenge a Court of Appeal ruling which today said the control orders used on terror suspects broke human rights law. John Reid lost his attempt to overturn a previous court ruling that the restrictions placed on six terror suspects broke the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Three senior… Read more »
