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 Liberal Democrats claim they can lift five million children out of relative poverty by 2020. Delegates at the Lib Dem conference in Brighton approved the party’s poverty and inequality policy paper, which advocates education and employment opportunities with incentives to work and save. Introducing Freedom from Poverty, Opportunity for All, Lib Dem work and… Read more »
Conservative hopes the ‘Brown bounce’ had exhausted itself have been dealt a blow by the latest opinion poll which puts Labour on the election-winning 40 per cent benchmark. A Guardian/ICM poll puts support for Labour up one, extending their lead over the Conservatives, who have slipped two points to 32 per cent. This is reminiscent… Read more »
