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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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Teenagers want to see greater restrictions imposed on the way money from child trust funds is spent, a new report says. The tax-free savings scheme, which provides teenagers with a sum of money on their 18th birthday, currently allows account holders to spend the money as they choose. According to the Economic and Social Research… Read more »
Bureaucratic dithering not privatisation is to blame for the state of Britain’s railways, an influential think tank says. According to the Adam Smith Institute, privatisation could have been the answer to the problems with Britain’s railways. But instead bureaucrats imposed a “widely over-complex structure”, which was worsened by the creation of Network Rail. In a… Read more »
