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Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision (MDMD) will be holding a rally on Parliament Square on 29 April at 15:30 to show their support for assisted dying legislation for the terminally ill and the incurably suffering. On Monday the House of Commons will be holding a Westminster Hall debate on assisted dying after an… Read more »
BASC has welcomed Defra’s announcement that the new General Licence (GL45), which governs the release of pheasants and red-legged partridges on and around certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs), is currently being reviewed. The current licence conditions are based on a medium level of risk of the occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild… Read more »
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Opposition parties and pressure groups have lambasted suggestions from Labour MP Mary Creagh that parents should be forced to inoculate their children. Ms Creagh wrote in the Fabian Society magazine that pupils who had not had the controversial MMR vaccine should be prevented from starting school. But Stuart Jeffery, Green party health spokesman, described the… Read more »
Disadvantaged young people are suffering under endemic levels of debt, a report has found. Rainer, a national charity for under-supported young people, found nearly half of those aged 18 to 24 it surveyed owed over £2,000 and one in five owed over £10,000. Its report concludes poverty and a lack of financial skills are the… Read more »
