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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Around one in six schools are continuing to flout the government’s admissions code, designed to ensure poorer pupils can access the best state school places, it is estimated. A report into schools in Manchester, Northamptonshire and Barnet found one in six state schools, the vast majority of which were state schools, were breaking the admissions… Read more »
The government is on a collision course with its own drugs advisers over the classification of cannabis. The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs is set to recommend cannabis remains a class C drug, despite the prime minister’s desire to reclassify it as a class B drug. Gordon Brown ordered the review shortly after… Read more »
