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Leading rural organisations have reacted positively to the High Court’s dismissal of Wild Justice’s ‘speculative’ attempt to judicial review Defra’s most recent burning legislation in England. The attempted judicial review had sought to disrupt the Heather and Grass Burning (England) Regulations 2021 that bans heather burning on our most protected sites with peat of more… Read more »
Northern Ireland’s blasphemy laws are unlikely to be repealed within the current session of the Assembly. Northern Ireland Humanists has been working with the relevant Ministers to bring forward repeal. The Department of Justice hoped to do so as part of a wider criminal law reform bill. But the Department of Justice has been unable… Read more »
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Labour must not fall apart over the question of when Tony Blair steps down, Charles Clarke has warned. The former home secretary, who was sacked by the prime minister in May’s cabinet reshuffle, said the main challenge facing the party was where it goes from now. “Leadership is not only about personality and style, important… Read more »
The war in Iraq has scuppered Tony Blair’s chances of becoming one of the most effective British prime ministers of the 20th century, according to a new study. An article for BBC History Magazine today finds that despite his reforms to the public sector over the past ten years, Mr Blair’s decision to take military… Read more »
