Battle of the day
New YouGov polls show that both the public and MPs are overwhelmingly in favour of legal recognition of humanist marriages in England and Wales. The data has been released on the eve of a House of Commons debate. It shows that support is consistent across all parties and all religious groups, and underlines Humanists UK’s… Read more »
BASC is urging certificate holders to remain vigilant following reports from West Mercia Police of attempted online fraud involving firearms. Two certificate holders were recently approached online by an individual attempting to unlawfully acquire firearms. The suspect used a photograph of a genuine firearms certificate issued by Hampshire Constabulary. The certificate is not believed to… Read more »
During foreign affairs questions, the foreign secretary Liz Truss blamed the Labour party for “making it tougher to sanction oligarchs” when faced with calls from shadow foreign secretary David Lammy for an “urgent reform to leave Putin-linked crooks with nowhere to hide”. Lammy raised concerns of the UK sanctioning “just eight of the Navalny 35… Read more »
During Levelling Up questions, the shadow secretary of state Lisa Nandy asked the secretary of state Michael Gove how he can be “without any sense of shame” while Russia oligarchs put their UK property on a “fire sale”. Nandy also highlights the statistic that “only 50 visas have been granted” by the UK to the… Read more »

