Theresa May 'set to abandon free vote pledge on fox hunting ban'

Theresa May will reportedly abandon her Conservative general election manifesto pledge to give MPs a free vote on whether to overturn the fox hunting ban in England and Wales.

According to the Sunday Times, the British Prime Minister will in early 2018 announce plans to permanently drop the commitment to a House of Commons vote, in a move which would risk infuriating rural Tories.