‘A legal action aimed at overturning the Labour party’s decision to guarantee Jeremy Corbyn a place on the leadership ballot is due to get under way.’
The Guardian, 26th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Labour has edged closer to supporting the “snooper’s charter” after the home secretary, Theresa May, agreed to order an independent review of proposed state surveillance powers.’
The Guardian, 24th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Conservatives are being taken to court over claims they failed to disclose information related to its investigation into claims that it breached election spending rules.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th May 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A proposed legal challenge to the Electoral Commission’s decision to make Vote Leave the official Out campaign in the EU referendum has been abandoned.’
BBC News, 14th April 2016
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‘One of the groups campaigning to leave the European Union has said it will launch a legal challenge against a decision to designate its rival as the official Out campaign.’
The Independent, 13th April 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The government has been heavily defeated in the House of Lords over trade union reforms Labour fears will cost it millions of pounds in funding. Ministers want to require Labour-affiliated union members to “opt in” to paying a levy to the party. But peers voted by 320 to 172 to apply the changes to new members only and with a 12-month transition period.’
BBC News, 16th March 2016
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‘The Wednesday in an investigation into the track record of Anglican churches in England and Wales in preventing exploitation, dealing with perpetrators and helping survivors to overcome trauma and obtain justice.’
The Guardian, 16th March 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Fabian Society said the evidence from a series of focus groups conducted after the general election in May showed that Labour voters were as hostile to inheritance tax as Conservatives. The thinktank said the tax, seen as illegitimate and unfair by voters, should be replaced by the levying of income tax on gifts and bequests.’
The Guardian, 4th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A judge sentencing a man for threatening to behead a Ukip election candidate has told him he was like the fictional character Walter Mitty.’
The Guardian, 5th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Tom Watson’s controversial letter to Britain’s top prosecutor did not lead to Leon Brittan being interviewed by police over sex abuse allegations, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.’
The Guardian, 13th October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The government’s offer to take in 20,000 Syrian refugees over five years is far “too low, too slow and too narrow”, according to a statement published by 300 senior lawyers, former law lords and retired judges.’
The Guardian, 12th October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The government is to introduce new rules to stop “politically-motivated” boycotts by local councils.’
BBC News, 3rd October 2015
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‘Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn has put legal aid on his agenda, asking former minister Lord Bach to “immediately” review the government’s reforms.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd September 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘David Cameron must strengthen his plans for “English votes for English laws”, senior Tories have said, after the SNP’s Nicola Sturgeon forced him to shelve a vote on relaxing the fox hunting ban in England.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th July 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Daily Telegraph has been censured by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) for publishing an inaccurate front page story about SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon during the election campaign.’
The Guardian, 6th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘End the ability of the European Court of Human Rights to force the UK to change the law. Every judgement that UK law is incompatible with the Convention will be treated as advisory and we will introduce a new Parliamentary procedure to formally consider the judgement.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 2nd June 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The voting system used to elect MPs to Westminster is so dysfunctional it is hastening the break-up of the United Kingdom, according to a new report.‘
Independent, 1st June 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A Channel 4 docudrama that imagined a future where the UK Independence Party won the general election has been cleared by broadcasting watchdog Ofcom.’
BBC News, 18th May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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