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 Foreign Office is putting all its efforts into maintaining the Russian-Georgian ceasefire, despite reports of Russian tank movements towards Poti, a port close to where US humanitarian ships are set to dock. “The first task is to make the ceasefire stick and to communicate with the Russians,” a Foreign Office spokesman told politics.co.uk. “Whenever… Read more »
The backlash against a report which called for people to move from poor northern cities to London has triggered a massive backlash from the Conservative party, which has close links with the thinktank which produced it. Michael Gove, shadow education secretary and the founder of the centre-right Policy Exchange which produced the report, told the… Read more »
