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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The Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs, James Gray, has told a fringe meeting at the Conservative Party conference that a Conservative government would reverse any ban on hunting. The long-running saga over a hunting ban – on which a free vote was promised in Labour’s 1997 election manifesto – seemed to be drawing to an… Read more »
David Willetts, the Shadow Secretary for Work and Pensions, has said that the Conservatives would scrap the New Deal programme if they come to power. The New Deal has been hailed by Labour as one of its flagship policies for encouraging young people into either work or training, but today Mr Willetts claimed it has… Read more »
