House Building
Today, members of the House of Lords will debate the Terminally Ill Adults Bill for the first sitting of Committee Stage. Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, Baroness Grey-Thompson, Lord Carlile of Berriew, Baroness Coffey, Lord Goodman of Wycombe, Lord Moylan, and Lord Sandhurst, all opponents of the Assisted Dying Bill, have together tabled 587 amendments to… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) met the new Policing Minister, Sarah Jones MP, on Wednesday 12 November, to raise concerns affecting the shooting community, including a forthcoming consultation on plans to merge shotgun and firearms licensing. During the meeting with the Minister, BASC underlined the sector’s commitment to high standards and public… Read more »
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Jilted Generation: How Britain Has Bankrupted Its Youth, by Ed Howker and Shiv Malik – paperback, out September 2nd, £8.99, 246pp If you can’t buy a house or get a job you’re probably looking for someone to blame. This book could help you out – even if it won’t solve all your problems. By Alex… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Government ministers’ belief that the housing benefits system is ‘out of control’ is unjustified, a housing research charity has claimed. The Building and Social Housing Foundation rejected welfare reform minister David Freud’s recent claim that housing benefit is “really out of control, growing a bit like Japanese knotweed”. It argued the recent… Read more »
