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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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David Cameron addresses the troops in Afghanistan
Cameron wants wartime mentality

By politics.co.uk staff David Cameron has called on the British people to pay the same respects to service personnel as was seen during the world wars of the 20th century. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph newspaper, the prime minister argued it was a “social responsibility” as well as a government responsibility to support Britain’s armed… Read more »

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Tory MP was hit by train on Thursday evening
Tory MP ‘in failed suicide bid’

By politics.co.uk staff Former shadow minister David Ruffley is recovering after what appears to have been a suicide attempt in a London railway station. The Bury St Edmunds MP was seen by eyewitnesses to have jumped in front of a Gatwick Express train at London Victoria station on Thursday evening. He survived with only minor… Read more »