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BASC amendments place the Wildlife Management and Muirburn Bill on a more ‘workable’ footing. BASC has claimed a significant victory in a crucial vote on the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill, which will ensure that grouse shooting continues unhampered. MSPs in the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee today, 7 February, entered day one of… Read more »
A UK Government petition to hold a parliamentary vote on assisted dying has passed 100,000 signatures in less than a month, and will be considered for Westminster Hall debate in Parliament. Humanists UK has welcomed the news, thanked members and supporters who have already signed and encouraged others to add their signatures. This petition calls for… Read more »
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To tax or not tax, that is the question for the Tories. The press quickly picked up on an apparent schism at the heart of the Conservative Party this morning on the commitment to advocating a “lower tax Government.” On the eve of the party conference in Blackpool, Tory spokesman on the economy Michael Howard… Read more »
Detectives are investigating a second drive-by shooing in the last 24 hours. Three men are in hospital following an assumed drive-by shooting in Reading, Berkshire, at about 22:30BST on Friday night. The men were blasted with a shotgun in Elm Park Road, opposite Battle Hospital in the west of Reading. It is the third gun… Read more »
