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New deer management orders could contravene human rights according to Scotland’s largest shooting organisation

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has written to the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Lorna Slater, ahead of a major consultation into deer management changes in Scotland. The consultation which closes on Friday 29 March, raises six key themes around deer management changes. BASC has serious concerns regarding many… Read more »

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Scottish Assisted Dying Bill Published – Humanists UK Comment

The Assisted Dying Bill Scotland has been published today. Humanists UK welcomes the bill and hopes it passes the next stage, but urges politicians not to ignore people like Tony Nicklinson, who would not be eligible for the proposed law. Currently, the Bill is limited to only people who are terminally ill, which has a legal… Read more »

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Call to ‘prune’ the Commons

The Conservative Party’s economic affairs spokesman has called for the number of MPs in the House of Commons to be trimmed. Andrew Tyrie, Conservative MP for Chichester, in his new book “Pruning the Politicians” which outlines his cost-cutting agenda, said axing the number of MPs by a fifth could save £25 million a year in… Read more »

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Brown continues push on poverty
Brown: Moral duty to aid world’s poor

Britain will use next year’s presidencies of the G8 and European Union to push for greater debt relief for the ravaged countries of Africa, Gordon Brown pledged on Sunday. Ahead of his trip to America this week, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said he was “optimistic” the Bush administration would support plans for 100 per… Read more »