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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 politics.co.uk staff The National Audit Office (NAO) is to gain full access to the accounts of the BBC for the first time, it emerged today. Following weeks of negotiations between the department for culture, media and sport and the BBC authorities, it will be announced at the Lib Dem conference today that the NAO… Read more »
By Peter Wozniak Excessive bonuses were merely a symptom of “ill-designed” regulation which caused the economic crisis, the head of Britain’s financial watchdog has said. Lord Turner, chief of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), conceded that bad banking practices were a contributor to the crash, and argued executives could have done more to avert disaster…. Read more »
