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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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Britain needs the Liberal Democrats more than ever now to defend against the government’s “smash and grab on civil liberties”, the party warned today. Delegates at the annual conference in Blackpool unanimously passed a motion warning that the government’s proposed anti-terrorist legislation threatens to undermine traditional freedoms, alienate minority communities and would be open to… Read more »
One in ten new doctors are unable to find posts in the UK, with many looking to take their skills abroad, new research has claimed. The British Medical Association (BMA) conducted a survey of newly qualified doctors last month. Of those who responded almost ten per cent were still without jobs. If the trend is… Read more »
