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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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George Galloway has accepted the invitation to stand as a parliamentary candidate for the Respect Party at the next general election. The co-founder of Respect will stand in the East London constituency of Bethnal Green and Bow at the general election, predicted to be called for May next year. Mr Galloway launched Respect, the Unity… Read more »
The Chancellor’s decision not to raise fuel duty at its current level has been welcomed by freight organisations – but derided by environmentalist. Delivering the Pre-Budget Report to the Commons this lunchtime, Gordon Brown said that due to the continued volatility of the oil markets, fuel duty will be frozen for another year. Vehicle license… Read more »
