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Assisted dying proposals in Jersey lodged – Humanists Comment

The legalisation of assisted dying in Jersey has taken another step as proposals have been lodged in the States Assembly. Channel Island Humanists welcomes the proposals, as another part of the British Isle moves closer to a compassionate end-of-life law. The proposals will allow residents of Jersey who are intolerably suffering from a physical, incurable condition… Read more »

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BASC welcomes significant improvement on GL43

BASC has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Defra of a new general licence (GL45) for the release of game birds (pheasant and red legged partridges) on or near certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in England. After the chaos of last year’s announcement at short notice, BASC has achieved significant improvements to… Read more »

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It’s taken David Willetts two years to sum up the problems facing Britain in the coming two decades. By Alex Stevenson The Conservative ex-minister, who currently holds the higher education portfolio in David Cameron’s shadow Cabinet, takes a philosophical view of the rigours of being out of government. Apart from anything else, it opens up… Read more »

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Audio: David Willetts on The Pinch

Listen to shadow Cabinet member David Willetts discusses the thinking behind his latest book, The Pinch, in an in-depth interview with politics.co.uk: