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Rally outside Parliament as MPs to debate assisted dying

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 »

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Defra to review GL45 in light of reduction of AI risk

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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MoD under fire over bonuses
Bonus row hits defence bureaucrats

By Alex Stevenson Civil servants’ bonuses in the Ministry of Defence have been condemned by bereaved military families as “obscene”. Civilian staff within the MoD have already received £47 million so far this financial year. Last year they received £52 million in bonuses. Relatives of soldiers who have died in Afghanistan expressed anger at the… Read more »

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Nurses will be trained to degree-level by 2013
New nurses will need degrees by 2013

By politics.co.uk staff All National Health Service nurses will be required to complete a degree before beginning work within four years, the Department of Health (DoH) has announced. The major reform to the NHS has been introduced in a bid to improve the standard of practice provided by Britain’s 400,000 nurses. The transition from the… Read more »