Legislation enabling same-sex couples to marry was published on Friday, along with a promise from Culture Secretary Maria Miller that religious freedoms would be adequately protected.
New Laws To Curb Bailiff Activity
Justice Minister Helen Grant announced today that new laws will be brought in next year that will ‘clean up’ the industry and help to protect vulnerable debtors.
Financial Transactions Tax Given Green Light
Earlier this week, a majority of European Union finance ministers voted to allow Germany, France and nine other Eurozone countries to prepare to introduce a tax on financial transactions.
Writers Could Lose Out Under Changes To Copyright Law
Although the Government’s copyright modernisation programme has been largely welcomed by those in the creative world, the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) is concerned about proposals to significantly widen the current ‘fair dealing’ exceptions; that is, limited allowances permitting use of copyright works without a licence in specific circumstances.
Royal Succession Debate Today
Later today (January 22nd) MPs will debate proposed changes to royal succession that would end centuries-old discrimination against women born into the royal family, as well as ending rules barring the sovereign and prospective heirs from marrying a Catholic, although the current prohibition on the monarch being a Catholic will remain in force.