* general election 2010
During last night’s late night sitting in the House of Lords, running beyond 2am, peers voted to allow women to continue to access abortion services at home. Prior to Covid, women were required to attend a clinic in person to access abortion pills. But since then, they have been able to receive the pills by post. The… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has committed to contributing £75,000 towards Natural England’s hen harrier recovery work over the next three years, via its Legacy Fund. Three annual payments of £25,000 will aid Natural England’s objectives of winter roost monitoring, support and education around diversionary feeding, and the southern reintroduction of the species. The three-year agreement follows… Read more »
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By Sabine Klensch Independent Richard Taylor has lost Wyre Forest to the Conservative candidate Mark Garnier. A swing of 2.8% handed the seat to Mr Garnier, with a majority of 2,678 votes over the Independent Community and Health Concern leader and former MP, Dr Taylor. Labour ended far behind on third place with only 7,298… Read more »
By Sam Dale The Conservatives have taken Broxtowe from Labour – but with a surprisingly small swing. As Conservative target number 42 the Tories would have expected a larger swing than 2.6% to elect Anna Soubry to parliament. Ms Soubry won a slender majority of just 389 over Labour’s Nick Palmer who received 20,585 votes…. Read more »
