Party Politics
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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Liberal Democrats will be relieved, for their leader proved today he is genuinely capable of standing in for the prime minister. By Alex Stevenson The memory of Nick Clegg’s simply awful debut at the PMQs despatch box is a painfully exquisite one. He inaccurately made a government announcement about the Yarl’s Wood immigration centre. No… Read more »
By Ian Dunt Downing Street’s hopes of the phone hacking row being put to bed have crumbled to dust after the Speaker announced a Commons debate on the issue. The decision will have been all the more painful for the government, after it came hot on the heels of a tough defence of Andy Coulson… Read more »
