Constitutional Reform
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) urged the Labour Party to listen to rural voters at a reception at the party’s annual conference in Brighton this weekend. Addressing shadow Environment Secretary Daniel Zeichner MP, BASC said those who live and work in Britain’s countryside should be listened to on issues such as the… Read more »
A new vision that will place communities at the centre of efforts to manage deer on publicly owned land in Scotland will be unveiled today (24 September) by a partnership of eleven leading deer management stakeholders. The partnership aims to institutionalise what is being described as ‘community integrated deer management’ by establishing more opportunities for… Read more »
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Holding elections on a special bank holiday would reverse dwindling turnout, a Labour MP has argued. Writing for a series of political essays published by the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) think tank, Emily Thornberry argues that weekend voting or an additional bank holiday could improve participation in the democratic process. Prompted by falling… Read more »
Tony Blair is to meet with Polish leaders today for talks which are set to be dominated by the EU constitution. Both the UK and Poland argue the expanded EU can work effectively without a comprehensive constitution and argue instead for modifying existing treaties. Mr Blair is meeting with the Polish prime minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski… Read more »
