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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 »
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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Even at the best of times being secretary of state for health and social care is one of the hottest seats in government.
This morning doesn’t really change anything. Labour would be kidding itself if it pretended it did. It won the Batley and Spen byelection by the tightest of margins – 13,296 votes to the Tories’ 12,973, with George Galloway coming in third on 8,264. The party’s vote declined by 7.4%, compared to a 1.6% decline for… Read more »
