On 22 October, for the first time in years, the UK Parliament will debate legislation to legalise assisted dying for the terminally ill. Humanists UK, which campaigns for a right to die for those with terminal or incurable illnesses, fully supports the Assisted Dying Bill as a landmark step towards much-needed reform. It will be… Read more »
Leading rural organisations have reacted positively to the High Court’s dismissal of Wild Justice’s ‘speculative’ attempt to judicial review Defra’s most recent burning legislation in England. The attempted judicial review had sought to disrupt the Heather and Grass Burning (England) Regulations 2021 that bans heather burning on our most protected sites with peat of more… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff All but six of David Cameron’s 29 Cabinet ministers have assets and investments believed to be worth over £1 million, a newspaper has claimed. The Mail on Sunday said the combined wealth of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition was over £60 million. Most of the money originated in the City and is now… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Defence secretary Liam Fox has been forced to clarify his position on the role of reconstruction in Afghanistan after an early apparent Cabinet division emerged yesterday. The difference of emphasis between his comments and those of international development secretary Andrew Mitchell has marred their trip to Afghanistan with foreign secretary William Hague…. Read more »
