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MICHAEL GOVE has become embroiled in a row over whether animals should still be treated as “sentient beings” after Britain leaves the EU.
The Environment Secretary insisted yesterday that there will not be a “gap” in animal welfare protections following Brexit, promising “stronger protection written into law.”
His assertion — widely seen as a U-turn — came after Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas sought to make an amendment to Brexit legislation, which would have brought EU animal protections into domestic law.
Our priority must be to defend hard-won protections while linking equality law to trade union power and wider social transformation, says MARY DAVIS, on behalf of the Women’s Liberation Alliance
TUC general secretary PAUL NOWAK tells Ben Chacko that Labour can win back disillusioned voters by delivering workplace reforms, rebuilding trust and challenging the far right’s growing influence
DEIRDRE O’CONNOR warns about a big shift in how freedom of speech and protest are treated in new policy document before Parliament today