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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By politics.co.uk staff China’s premier Wen Jiabao is continuing his trip to the UK despite having a shoe thrown at him duing a speech at Cambridge University. The shoe, which was thrown in a symbolic gesture reminiscent of a similar act against former American president George Bush during a recent trip to Iraq, missed Mr… Read more »
The prime minister has condemned wildcat strikes to prevent the use of foreign labour as “indefensible”. Gordon Brown, speaking to the BBC’s Politics Show from Davos, said he understood people were worried about jobs being taken by overseas workers but said the UK is part of a single European market. As for those thinking of… Read more »
