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BASC’s fighting fund, set up to fight the corner of members who have been victims of injustice, has successfully helped a member win costs against the police. The BASC member was awarded costs of £4,000 after a successful appeal against revocation of his certificate. BASC put Cheshire Constabulary on notice last year that costs would… Read more »
The Health and Social Care Committee’s report on assisted dying has been published today. Humanists UK has welcomed the evidence-based nature of the report, but expressed disappointment that the committee missed the opportunity to draw firm conclusions or recommend specific changes to the law. Although the report does not make any recommendations for or against legislative… Read more »
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Residents in Edinburgh will today begin to vote on controversial plans to introduce congestion charging to the capital. The council’s proposals could see drivers charged for entering the town centre at peak times. There would be two cordons, an outer one for the morning rush hour and an inner cordon operating until 1830. Drivers wishing… Read more »
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 »
