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Today, members of the House of Lords will debate the Terminally Ill Adults Bill for the first sitting of Committee Stage. Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, Baroness Grey-Thompson, Lord Carlile of Berriew, Baroness Coffey, Lord Goodman of Wycombe, Lord Moylan, and Lord Sandhurst, all opponents of the Assisted Dying Bill, have together tabled 587 amendments to… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) met the new Policing Minister, Sarah Jones MP, on Wednesday 12 November, to raise concerns affecting the shooting community, including a forthcoming consultation on plans to merge shotgun and firearms licensing. During the meeting with the Minister, BASC underlined the sector’s commitment to high standards and public… Read more »
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Downing Street’s chief policy and election strategist is to proffer new plans to “privatise” care for the elderly. Blairite Alan Milburn is supporting plans to give pensioners a voucher system to access services. Newspapers claim the idea, which will hand the elderly vouchers or an electronic smart card, will find its way into New Labour’s… Read more »
In a Christmas message to NHS staff, the Health Secretary has said that the NHS is improving. In an open message to all staff, Dr John Reid said he wished to offer his “very sincere thanks” to all for their work in 2004. There are about 2.85 million staff working in the NHS. Dr Reid… Read more »
