The legalisation of assisted dying in Jersey has taken another step as proposals have been lodged in the States Assembly. Channel Island Humanists welcomes the proposals, as another part of the British Isle moves closer to a compassionate end-of-life law. The proposals will allow residents of Jersey who are intolerably suffering from a physical, incurable condition… Read more »
BASC has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Defra of a new general licence (GL45) for the release of game birds (pheasant and red legged partridges) on or near certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in England. After the chaos of last year’s announcement at short notice, BASC has achieved significant improvements to… Read more »
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Use of the internet doubled for the last election but the technology has yet to bring a breakthrough in encouraging voter participation, a new report suggests. Research by the Hansard Society found that 15 per cent of voters went online at the last election to gain information but said that the internet was mostly used… Read more »
The Home Office is looking into reports that a top government advisor on the ‘respect’ agenda described the clampdown on binge drinking as “nonsense”. Louise Casey heads the anti-social behaviour unit at the Home Office and was recently asked to report directly to Tony Blair on the campaign to restore respect to communities. But speaking… Read more »
