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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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Invading Iraq was crucial for British security, Tony Blair has insisted as the Labour party conference gets under way in Brighton. The prime minister told BBC1’s Sunday AM programme that he had not expected the “ferocity” of resistance from insurgents to Iraq’s fledgling political process, but said Britain should “stick with it” in order to… Read more »
A meeting of the key International Monetary Fund (IMF) policymaking committee in New York agreed a deal on Saturday to cancel the multilateral debt of some of the world’s poorest countries. Chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown, who chairs the committee, announced the details of a plan to wipe out a debt of around $40… Read more »
