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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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By Alex Stevenson Affordable and social housing tenants would be handed a ‘right to move’ by a new Conservative government, shadow housing minister Grant Shapps announced today. Under Tory plans unveiled in their latest green paper good tenants would be given the right to force their landlord to sell their current property and use the… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The inquiry into MPs’ allowances is to be televised while it conducts its review. The move comes as emotions run high in parliament, with MPs increasingly convinced the drip-feed of revelations could fundamentally undermine parliamentary democracy. This weekend chancellor Alistair Darling and defence secretary Geoff Hoon joined home secretary Jacqui Smith and… Read more »