Constitutional Reform
BASC has said a new Natural History GCSE will help support the decision makers of the future steer the natural world for years to come. The new GCSE – which is set to launch in September 2025 – has the potential to engage thousands of schoolchildren each year by tackling topics such as conservation, sustainability, species interactions, climate change and… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) will be pushing for “meaningful improvements” within a Defra-published public consultation on a series of proposals to the dog microchipping regulations. The Microchipping of Dogs (England) Regulations were introduced in 2015 to increase re-unification rates of lost and stolen dogs, benefiting dog welfare and saving local authorities… Read more »
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By Alex Stevenson Politicians damaged by the expenses scandal should not be allowed to conduct financial scrutiny of the BBC or other public bodies, former director-general Greg Dyke has said. His comments came at a fringe meeting of the Liberal Democrat conference in Bournemouth assessing the impact of revelations about MPs’ expenses abuses. “I think… Read more »
By Liz Stephens John Bercow has revealed that the next set of parliamentary expenses will include mandatory details from MPs on whether they have ‘flipped’ their second home. The practice of home flipping was uncovered during the Daily Telegraph’s investigating into MP’s expenses. The paper revealed that MPs exploited the expenses system by claiming for… Read more »
