Category Archives: lobbying
Badger-Cull Roll-Out and Charity Gagging show Government is living in its own Bubble
This week Natural England announced that it had received 29 applications for new badger cull areas, covering the entire south-west of England, extending to Herefordshire Worcestershire and Gloucestershire. Under the beady eye of their masters at Defra, Natural England have … Continue reading →
New additions to Defra Board will not upset Truss’s plans to cut Natural England or Environment Agency
Reading through the excellent CIEEM monthly policy briefing email, I noticed that Natural England Chair Andrew Sells and Environment Agency chair Sir Phillip Dilley, had recently joined the Defra Board in ex-officio capacities. Defra Board, in case you were wondering, … Continue reading →
Countryside Alliance attack on Chris Packham shows their conflicted attitude towards Freedom of Speech
One would imagine the Countryside Alliance to be a place that welcomed free speech. Indeed the CA (both in England and Wales, and in Scotland) lobbied against the Lobbying Act, because they were … Continue reading →
Pickles gets in a Pickle over voluntary volunteering days
This morning, there was a bit of a light-hearted diversion from the heavy bombardment that is the election campaign, when Eric Pickles announced a proposal, which first surfaced in 2009, to give employees 3 days “statutory” volunteering leave a year. … Continue reading →
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