The Government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which was announced in the 2024 King’s Speech, will receive its First Reading in Parliament today. Humanists UK has welcomed proposals including a Children Not in School Register and legislation to close loopholes that enable the continued operation of illegal faith schools. The Bill also includes a requirement… Read more »
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has sent its final recommendations to the government on the restriction proposals for lead ammunition in England, Scotland and Wales. This is the culmination of a consultation launched in 2022, which has run alongside the voluntary transition away from lead first proposed by nine leading rural organisations, including BASC,… Read more »
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Deadly plastic explosives used by suicide bombers in the coordinated series of attacks in Baghdad this week indicate Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda terror network was behind the latest atrocities, according to an unnamed US official. The FBI believes the explosives used in the attacks on the International Red Cross headquarters and four Iraqi police… Read more »
Speed limits on residential roads should be reduced to 20mph, according to the latest research from the Health Development Agency. The HDA’s report suggests that such a measure would reduce children’s deaths and injuries by 67% – that could mean saving as many as 13,000 children every year from death or serious injury. Road injuries… Read more »
