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Rally outside Parliament as MPs to debate assisted dying

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 »

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Defra to review GL45 in light of reduction of AI risk

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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Campaigners' claim 70% of cuts announced in the Budget will be borne by women
Legal challenge to Osborne Budget defeated

By politics.co.uk staff A High Court judge rejected campaigners’ claims that the June Budget broke equality laws and deserved a judicial review. The Fawcett Society had previously had a written application in August for judicial review rejected, but hoped today’s oral application would meet with more success. The campaigning group insists that the elements contained… Read more »

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Mike Hancock's researcher suspected of working for Russia's intelligence services
Hancock defends researcher’s Russian ‘insight’

By Alex Stevenson Mike Hancock has stood by his former researcher, now facing deportation for alleged links with Russian intelligence services, 11 months after defending her employment to politics.co.uk. The Portsmouth South MP’s employment of 25-year-old Katia Zatuliveter hit the headlines after home secretary Theresa May backed her deportation on suspicion of espionage links with… Read more »