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Tomorrow, MPs are expected to finish the Report Stage of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill and cast their final votes at its Third Reading. If MPs vote in favour of the Bill, it will then head to the House of Lords for further scrutiny. Supporters of assisted dying will be gathering on… Read more »
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the first legally recognised humanist marriage in Scotland. Over 50,000 humanist weddings have happened since. Humanists UK congratulates Humanist Society Scotland on this momentous occasion and calls for the UK Government to act so that humanists in England and Wales can have the same right to marry in line… Read more »
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The Prime Minister has told a group of senior MPs that he believes climate change is the “single biggest long-term problem we face” in the world, with the evidence for this being “overwhelming”. The Kyoto treaty amounts to a one per cent reduction in carbon emissions, whereas a 60 per cent reduction is needed by… Read more »
The Transport Secretary, Alistair Darling, has announced that the Government is considering building a second toll motorway parallel to the M6. The existing M6 tollroad was started by the Conservative government and completed last year. In a statement to the House of Commons Mr Darling said that he is considering proposals to build a second… Read more »
