BASC’s fighting fund, set up to fight the corner of members who have been victims of injustice, has successfully helped a member win costs against the police. The BASC member was awarded costs of £4,000 after a successful appeal against revocation of his certificate. BASC put Cheshire Constabulary on notice last year that costs would… Read more »
The Health and Social Care Committee’s report on assisted dying has been published today. Humanists UK has welcomed the evidence-based nature of the report, but expressed disappointment that the committee missed the opportunity to draw firm conclusions or recommend specific changes to the law. Although the report does not make any recommendations for or against legislative… Read more »
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The High Court of Northern Ireland has ruled that the suspension of three Ulster Unionist MPs from the party was invalid. David Burnside, Jeffrey Donaldson and the Reverend Martin Smyth had been seeking an injunction against the party leader’s, David Trimble’s, decision to suspend the MPs after they had resigned the party whip. The UUP… Read more »
The Foreign Affairs Select Committee today published its report into the compilation of the two dossiers presented to Parliament and the public in the run up to the war in Iraq. Reporting of the influences on the dossiers has caused a public dispute between the BBC and the Government, and has raised questions about the… Read more »
