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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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Defence secretary John Reid has insisted that America is standing firm in support and sympathy for the UK amid criticism of a ban that was imposed on US troops visiting London. The US air force issued a military order calling on all UK-based troops to stay out of the M25 area in the wake of… Read more »
More needs to be done to simplify the “overly complicated” inheritance tax system, an influential group of MPs has said. While the Inland Revenue (IR) has made progress in easing the bureaucratic burden on relatives, the committee of public accounts said today that the system is still too complex. The government takes 40 per cent… Read more »
