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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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Myners attacks his former colleagues
Myners attacks his former colleagues

By politics.co.uk staff Former financial services minister Paul Myners has attacked the previous government for running up debts of nearly 11% of national output. “There is nothing progressive about a government that consistently spends more than it can raise in taxation and certainly nothing progressive that endows generations to come with the liabilities incurred with… Read more »

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Clarke wants to save 'vital green space'
Coalition to end ‘garden grab’ development

By politics.co.uk staff Gardens will no longer be classified as brownfield sites in a bid to stop developers taking them over, according to the government. Communities minister Greg Clarke is expected to announce later today that vital green space can no longer be treated in the same was as ex-factory or railway land. “For years… Read more »