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 Ian Dunt President Obama has called David Cameron to offer his condolences for the death of British aid worker Linda Norgrove. It emerged yesterday that Ms Norgove, who had been kidnapped while doing aid work in Afghanistan, may have been accidently killed by the American task force authorised to rescue her. This contradicted earlier… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Former Commons Speaker Betty Boothroyd has pledged to turn her forceful personality against plans to reform the House of Lords. In a debate on the future of parliament’s upper House yesterday she suggested coalition plans to introduce elections for the Lords had been poorly thought through. A committee set up this summer… Read more »
