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 union is being endangered by unfair spending allocations to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, a thinktank has claimed. The Institute for Public Policy Research’s (IPPR) northern branch says in a report published today that the Barnett formula, used to allocate public finances to devolved institutions, needs to be urgently reformed. It says Northern Ireland… Read more »
The detention of asylum seekers’ children is a stain on the UK’s moral authority and should be ended, a report has said. More than 2,000 children are detained in the UK every year while the asylum claims of their parents are considered. The Independent Asylum Commission (IAC), which is also calling for an end to… Read more »
