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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 CBI has rejected calls for a flat rate citizens’ pension for all, claiming such a scheme would be prohibitively expensive. Publishing its response to the Turner review on the pensions crisis, the employers’ organisation warned that a flat-rate, non-means-tested state pension was unrealistic. Instead of a higher pension, paid to all regardless of working… Read more »
Despite Tony Blair’s prioritisation of climate change on the international agenda, individual domestic policies are not leading to carbon emission reductions. According to a new report by the environmental think-tanks Green Alliance and the Institute for European Environmental Policy the EU’s emission trading scheme, which established a market in permits to emit carbon dioxide, does… Read more »
