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The Government has today brought forward a Bill to remove hereditary peers from the House of Lords. Humanists UK has welcomed this move as long overdue reform. But it has also said that the next step should be to remove the 26 Church of England bishops, known as the Lords Spiritual, who also have an automatic right… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has urged the Scottish Government to resist introducing further regulation, in response to a proposed new ‘Natural Environment Bill’ in Scotland. The commitment to the new bill was included in a document outlining the Scottish Government’s policy and legislative plans for the year ahead, launched today by… Read more »
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The chancellor Jeremy Hunt has this morning announced that the government’s proposed financial statement for 31 October has been moved back 2 weeks till 17 November. With the pound recovering in the foreign exchange markets and the cost of long term government gilts falling, the government now has greater breathing space with the financial markets… Read more »
In a press conference following the change to the cabinet seen earlier today, Liz Truss justified her decisions but admitted “this is difficult”. She said that she was “sad” to lose Kwasi Kwarteng as he is a “dear friend”, but assured that Jeremy Hunt would do a good job as Chancellor. The prime minister also… Read more »
