Featured
Wales Humanists launches report on 100 years of disestablishment
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 »

Featured
BASC logo
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 »

Latest articles

News
Reports suggest the decision on Trident has been put off until after 2015
Victory for the Lib Dems as Trident warheads reduced

By Ian Dunt The Liberal Democrats secured a major political victory today, after it was confirmed that the Trident nuclear system will be significantly downgraded. The maximum number of nuclear warheads aboard each Vanguard class submarine will be reduced from 48 to 40. In the longer term, the next generation of ballistic missile submarines will… Read more »

News
The prevalence of CCTV on Britain's streets is set to be scaled back under government plans
Police CCTV faces legal threat

By politics.co.uk staff West Midlands police are facing demands from the campaigning group Liberty to remove CCTV cameras from two areas of Birmingham or face legal action. The cameras were placed in Sparkbrook and Washwood Heath – two areas of the city with high proportions of Muslim residents. Liberty has argued that the decision to… Read more »