Rachel Reeves
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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Rachel Reeves has announced her support for a third runway at Heathrow as she battles to get Britain’s economy back on track. “A third runway is badly needed”, she said. In a major speech, the chancellor also unveiled plans for nine new reservoirs, thousands of new homes in Cambridge and a “growth corridor” including road… Read more »
Ministers have rejected calls for the UK to move significantly closer to the EU in order to boost economic growth, insisting that Brexit has brought “opportunities” and some benefits for the British economy. Speaking to Bloomberg at the World Economic Forum in Davos, chancellor Rachel Reeves and business and trade secretary Jonathan Reynolds both suggested… Read more »
