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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 outgoing president of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has told the Labour Party conference that, despite media speculation to the contrary, there is a common agenda between the unions and the Labour leadership. Roger Lyons told delegates this morning that the media’s coverage was too often “exaggerating the negative and ignoring the positive” in… Read more »
Gary Titley, the Labour leader in the European Parliament has rounded on the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), accusing them of being the “BNP in suits”. In his address to the Labour Party conference, Mr Titley admitted that the European elections were disappointing for Labour, but said that “government parties right across Europe got hammered.”… Read more »
