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 £1,000 claim limit in the small claims court should be raised, according to a committee of MPs. The constitutional affairs committee argues that the limit has not kept pace with inflation and has the effect of excluding people from justice. Today’s report stresses that the limit means even the most minor of personal injury… Read more »
Government departments are repeating ‘basic’ errors and wasting billions of pounds in the process, a committee of MPs warns today. A review of its own investigations over the ten years by the public accounts committee finds that departments are failing to learn from their mistakes, or those made in other areas of the public sector…. Read more »
