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Braverman tells lawyers to give ‘solutions’ when assessing legal risk of policy

The Attorney General will order Government lawyers to give “solutions-based advice” when challenging the legality of ministers’ policies. Updated guidance to be published shortly will state that when “a substantial legal challenge to a policy is ...

30 Jul 2022 at 12:56

Campaigners at Court of Appeal over Stonehenge road decision

Campaigners bidding to halt a planned road near Stonehenge have begun their latest legal challenge at the Court of Appeal. Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site (SSWHS) previously brought a challenge over proposals to build a two-mile tunnel near ...

15 Jul 2024 at 16:35

Kids Company report has ‘chilling impact’ on charity sector, High Court told

A Charity Commission report into the collapsed charity Kids Company has a “chilling impact” on the sector, the High Court has been told. In February 2022, the regulator published a report into the management of Kids Company after the charity ...

19 Mar 2025 at 12:55

Campaigners take step in legal action over toilet guidance after gender ruling

A campaign group and three individuals have taken the first step of a legal challenge against the equalities watchdog over its interim guidance related to trans people’s use of toilets, following the Supreme Court’s ruling on the legal ...

20 May 2025 at 09:00

Pensioners who challenged winter fuel payment decision in court lose case

A pensioner couple have lost their legal challenge over government decisions to cut the winter fuel payment (WFP) and its Scottish equivalent. Peter and Florence Fanning, from Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, raised the petition in the ...

13 Jun 2025 at 16:42

Family

Couple put off by UK’s ‘tricky’ surrogacy process find ‘Colombian fairy godmothers’ to birth their three children

A couple who were put off by the UK’s “tricky” surrogacy process have paid tribute to their “Colombian fairy godmothers” after all three of their children were born to South American women. Shaun Thomas, a 36-year-old pharmacist who ...

01 May 2025 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Building a carbon neutral A5 is ‘unrealistic’, says minister

The steps required to make the proposed A5 upgrade carbon neutral would be unrealistic to achieve, the Infrastructure minister has said. Liz Kimmins’ comments in the Assembly came ahead of her department’s appeal against a court ...

07 Oct 2025 at 17:33

Northern Ireland

Kimmins insists she had a right to take Irish language station signage decision

The Infrastructure minister has said she is committed to resolving the row over Irish language signs at Grand Central Station through dialogue, but has made clear she stands by her original decision-making process. Liz Kimmins ...

07 Oct 2025 at 18:56

Northern Ireland

Building a carbon neutral A5 is ‘unrealistic’, says minister

07 Oct 2025 at 15:57

Northern Ireland

Stormont minister faces legal challenge over stance on trade with Israel

Stormont’s Economy Minister is facing a legal challenge over her bid to exclude Northern Ireland from any involvement in trade talks between the UK and Israel. The legal threat to Sinn Fein’s Caoimhe Archibald also ...

19 Oct 2025 at 16:26

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