OSS have launched our Save Our Spaces campaign, to tackle the mounting threats to public open spaces throughout England and Wales. OSS have written to our members to seek their support for our work in defending green spaces from the double whammy of neglect and commercial exploitation. In London, the society has helped Save Battersea Park to stop the…
The First Minister, Carwyn Jones, appears to have buckled under Welsh Conservative pressure to introduce additional support for small Welsh businesses. Welsh Conservatives have spearheaded calls for extra money to be made available to small firms affected by the recent business rate revaluations, with the Welsh Labour Government previously having refused to pledge additional cash….
What do you think about British Sign Language (BSL)? Do you think all young people should have the opportunity to learn BSL? Do you think schools should teach BSL as a GCSE (or National 4 or 5 in Scotland)? If you’re aged 8–25, the Young People’s Advisory Board at the National Deaf Children’s Society needs…
The right to know about public services should be extended so that it is independent of the service provider, the Information Commissioner has said in response to a wave of outsourcings. “When a public service departs from a public body under an outsourcing contract, I do not believe that the requirements of FOI [freedom of…
The Counsel General for Wales, Mick Antoniw, has announced plans for a major programme to build a distinct body of Welsh law. The project will see laws in areas devolved to Wales brought together and set out in distinct ‘Welsh law’, rather than in laws that also apply to England or the rest of the…
