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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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The Government’s ‘Invest to Save Budget’, a scheme designed to promote innovation in public services, has been criticised for a lack of checks. The Commons public accounts committee has criticised the lack of checks on hundreds of projects undertaken as part of the scheme, claiming that this makes it hard to assess what has been… Read more »
The independent NHS watchdog, the Commission for Health Improvement (CHI), has issued its first report on the NHS and claims that services are improving. This report will give some cheer to the government, who have focused heavily on improving the NHS since re-election, though it also comments that improvements are not complete, and may even… Read more »
