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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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The Conservatives have extended the deadline for applications to be the party’s candidate for London mayor in a tacit admission that the submissions so far are not good enough. Party chairman Francis Maude said the response to join an X-factor style contest to decide who represents the Tories in the 2008 mayoral elections had been… Read more »
Plans for a nationwide ID card scheme “lack clarity” about how much the programme will cost and what it is meant to achieve, MPs warn today. The Commons science and technology committee says a lack of transparency on the government’s part has led to a loss of public confidence in the project, which aims to… Read more »
