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 Nigel Farage has quit as leader of Ukip, just a day after announcing his candidacy against John Bercow in Buckingham. The South East MEP will inform his party of the decision at its conference in Stockport today, but he has already made the move public, citing the workload of leading both the… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The Foreign Office is being supplanted by the EU’s own diplomatic service, according to a report published today. The report, by the Taxpayers’ Alliance, highlights some startling costs attached to the business of running the EU’s diplomatic service. Excluding wages, it found the EU’s international affairs programme has a budget of £3.4… Read more »