MPs call for unpaid internships ban – BBC News
‘Unpaid internships should be banned as a barrier to social mobility, says a report from MPs and peers.’
BBC News, 17th January 2017
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‘Unpaid internships should be banned as a barrier to social mobility, says a report from MPs and peers.’
BBC News, 17th January 2017
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‘MPs have launched an inquiry into the planned renovation of the Palace of Westminster amid concerns it may not provide value for money.’
BBC News, 15th January 2017
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‘Parties ‘must be held to account for reducing this democratic deficit’, according to the Women and Equalities Committee, chaired by former Culture Secretary Maria Miller.’
The Independent, 10th January 2017
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‘Keir Starmer, the shadow Brexit secretary and former director of public prosecutions, is being prevented by parliamentary rules from speaking in a debate about the rights of crime victims.’
The Guardian, 9th Janaury 2017
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‘A cross-party group of peers has been set up to come up with ways to reduce the size of the House of Lords.’
BBC News, 20th December 2016
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‘One of the most striking aspects of the arguments of counsel in Miller, as Rachel Jones has pointed out, was how much the disagreement between the parties focussed on the meaning of silence. The government’s case boiled down to an assertion that silence on the issue of whether legislation was needed to invoke Article 50 of the Treaty of European Union in a succession of statutes – the European Communities Act 1972, the Referendum Act 1975, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008, the European Union Act 2011 and the European Union Referendum Act 2015 – should be interpreted as parliament intending that the government was permitted to use the prerogative to invoke Article 50. For example, counsel for the government repeatedly argued that because some of these statutes, especially the 2008 and 2011 Acts, put restrictions on the exercise of the government’s foreign affairs prerogative power, it must follow that those statutes mean that other aspects of the prerogative must have been intended to have been left unfettered. Expressio unius exclusio alterius. On the other side, the applicants argued that parliament’s silence, especially in the 1972 Act, meant that it intended a specific pre-existing rule to apply, namely the rule that ministers could not use the prerogative, and in particular the foreign affairs prerogative, to change the law. They also argued that parliament’s subsequent silence in the other statutes confirmed that original choice.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 13th December 2016
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‘The official edited transcript of what goes on in Parliament is published daily and details both the momentous occasions and the quieter moments in the Commons.’
BBC News, 12th December 2016
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‘The supreme court has been urged to throw out a momentous legal challenge to the government’s powers to trigger Brexit, with Downing Street lawyers claiming parliament’s support for exiting the EU was conclusively demonstrated this week.’
The Guardian, 8th December 2016
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‘A racist serial internet troll has been found guilty of harassing MP Luciana Berger in a string of anti-Jewish rants sent after the jailing of a fellow far-right extremist.’
The Independent, 7th December 2016
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‘While Lord Cormack refused to place a number on the amount of peers the Lords should have, he said the upper chamber ‘should be no bigger than the Commons’.’
The Independent, 3rd December 2016
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‘The Government’s challenge against the High Court ruling that parliamentary approval is required to start the process of leaving the European Union will be hard tomorrow.’
The Independent, 4th December 2016
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‘Brexiteers and their media allies have declared war on our judiciary. On behalf of the people, the supreme court must push back.’
The Guardian, 5th December 2016
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‘All 11 of the UK’s most senior judges will take their seats on the supreme court bench on Monday to decide whether parliament or the government has the authority to trigger Brexit.’
The Guardian, 5th December 2016
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‘Michael Zander QC reviews the written cases of the government & the lead claimants in next week’s Supreme Court hearing.’
New Law Journal, 1st December 2016
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‘Prerogative is the enemy of the people. This has been settled as matter of law for a very long time. The constitutional settlement of 1688 made a decision for responsible and representative government. We have had no constitutional moment of similar magnitude since. All constitutional changes – some very significant – have taken place within that foundational structure. The Bill of Rights treats prerogative as the antithesis of good government. Its primary target is a range of extra-legal powers hitherto asserted by the King, pride of place being given to the power to dispense with laws and the power to suspend Acts of Parliament.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 2nd December 2016
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‘The article 50 supreme court hearings won’t solve our systemic crisis. We need a new way to connect people and state.’
The Guardian, 2nd December 2016
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‘What was formerly known as the Investigatory Powers Bill has received Royal Assent and is now the Investigatory Powers Act. The Bill was first published in draft form in November 2015 (- for a very helpful analysis of the Bill at this stage, please read Dr Tom Hickman’s blog). The passage of the Bill through Parliament, after it was it was introduced in March this year, took just under nine months. Amendments made by the House of Commons were described as ‘largely technical or minor drafting amendments’. Consequently, for all those hoping to see significant changes made to the legislation, a lot hung on the Bill’s amendments during its passage through the Lords.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 1st December 2016
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‘A Labour MP has called for a whistle-blowing service to be set up for staff who are sexually assaulted by MPs, in order to help them come forward.’
The Independent, 29th November 2016
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‘Theresa May has claimed that the Government’s plans for Brexit are “on track”.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th November 2016
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‘Further reforms are needed to strengthen the powers of English MPs in Westminster, a new study has found.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th November 2016
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