Michael Mansfield QC is calling for a new law to criminalise the “wilful destruction of nature”. The 77-year-old, whose clients included the Stephen Lawrence family and the Guildford Four, claimed livestock farming is destroying the planet. He said of meat-eating: “It is not preposterous to think one day it will become illegal. “There are plenty of things once commonplace that are now illegal.” He... 

The schools secretary, Ed Balls, today ordered a review to crack down on racism and British National party activity in schools as he called on the Labour party to embark on the general election “fight of our lives”. Speaking to the Labour party conference in Brighton, Balls revealed three new policies including the plan for a review by the former chief inspector of schools, Maurice...