Constitutional Reform
A new scientific paper into the social, mental and wellbeing attributes of those who participate in game shooting has been highlighted as significant by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). The new paper, published in the journal Ageing & Society, concludes that participation in shooting and shooting-related activities, such as beating and picking-up, results… Read more »
Responding to the publication of England’s National Food Strategy, Sarah Woolley, General Secretary of the Bakers and Allied Food Workers Union (BFAWU) said: “With 10 million people across the UK facing food poverty, this new strategy needed to bring meaningful change and recommend a ‘Right to Food’ law, instead it offers little more than crumbs… Read more »
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Baroness Hayman has today been elected as the first speaker of the House of Lords. The life peer, a former Labour leader of the House of Lords, beat off competition from eight other peers for the £101,000-a-year role. The role of lord speaker was created following reform of the post of lord chancellor, who until… Read more »
The Conservative party wants to ban Scottish MPs from voting on issues that only affect England. Ken Clarke, who heads up the Tories’ democracy task force, revealed that he will be pursuing a Commons debate on the issue later this month, adding that it was a central policy for the party. Since the creation of… Read more »
