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BASC amendments place the Wildlife Management and Muirburn Bill on a more ‘workable’ footing. BASC has claimed a significant victory in a crucial vote on the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill, which will ensure that grouse shooting continues unhampered. MSPs in the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee today, 7 February, entered day one of… Read more »
A UK Government petition to hold a parliamentary vote on assisted dying has passed 100,000 signatures in less than a month, and will be considered for Westminster Hall debate in Parliament. Humanists UK has welcomed the news, thanked members and supporters who have already signed and encouraged others to add their signatures. This petition calls for… Read more »
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David Blunkett today said reforming the welfare state was the Labour government’s greatest challenge. The work and pensions secretary said the government must “provide a ladder out of poverty, not to merely ameliorate it through a safety net”. Next month Mr Blunkett will set out detailed plans for welfare reform, and today he provided an… Read more »
Britain must seize the opportunity of the 2012 Olympics to become the kind of country it wants to be, Olympics minister Tessa Jowell said today. While the Games had already led to an increased investment in sport, she told the Labour party conference in Brighton that the Games must be the platform for much more…. Read more »
