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 Alex Stevenson A High Pay Commission should be established to prevent senior executives being excessively remunerated, a coalition has demanded. Left-wing pressure group Compass has persuaded 100 prominent politicians, journalists and academics to sign up to its demand that the government set up a body to look at Britain’s biggest pay packets. Liberal Democrat… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Speculation about how long British forces will be in Afghanistan is undermining the government’s ability to protect those troops, the defence secretary has claimed. Bob Ainsworth was responding to suggestions that a disparity existed between his claim that troops could be withdrawn within a year and the incoming head of the Army’s… Read more »
