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The government’s new environmental land management schemes are an open door for management practices undertaken for shooting and conservation, says the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). The two new schemes unveiled by the Secretary of State for Defra George Eustice at the Oxford Farming Conference will play a pivotal role in the Governments’… Read more »
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Yesterday the Government announced proposals to introduce outdoor civil marriages at approved premises on a permanent basis and to also introduce outdoor religious marriages, but failed to make any similar reforms to legally recognise humanist marriages. Humanists UK has urged the Government to act now to legally recognise humanist marriages without delay. Humanists UK Chief… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff Renewed efforts are underway to reform the 308-year law which prohibits the monarchy from marrying a Catholic. Evan Harris, Liberal Democrat MP, is to present a bill to parliament in an effort to get the Act of Settlement changed. In addition to the right to marry a Catholic, he is also trying… Read more »
By Laura Miller and Alex Stevenson Downing Street has abandoned a controversial vote to keep MPs’ expenses private. The government had said Labour MPs would be forced to vote through a bill banning the release of ministers’ expenses, denying them a free vote of conscience on the issue tomorrow. But the vote was unceremoniously dropped… Read more »
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