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 Government’s controversial anti-terror bill is back in the House of Lords today after MPs threw out a number of the Lords amendments. Government concessions on the level of judicial involvement in control orders and the promise of an annual review of the powers persuaded a number of rebel Labour MPs to back the bill…. Read more »
The NHS has been told by the Health Service Ombudsman to improve the way it handles patient complaints. A new report from ombudsman Ann Abraham into the complaint system said that patients have been failed by the system for the last eight years. She found that fragmentation of the complaints system, within the NHS and… Read more »
