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The Health and Social Care Committee’s report on assisted dying has been published today. Humanists UK has welcomed the evidence-based nature of the report, but expressed disappointment that the committee missed the opportunity to draw firm conclusions or recommend specific changes to the law. Although the report does not make any recommendations for or against legislative… Read more »
A new report from the 50+ Choices Roundtable shows how businesses, older workers and the wider UK economy would all benefit from employers and government prioritising greater flexibility in the workplace. The Flexible After Fifty report, from the members of the 50+ Choices Roundtable, shows that nearly three quarters (72%) of over-50s are seeking flexible… Read more »
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The governments of the UK and Ireland plan to continue with plans to reinstate a power-sharing executive in Northern Ireland. In a joint statement released today, Northern Ireland secretary Peter Hain and Irish foreign minister Dermot Ahern said they were “satisfied” with progress and could continue with legislation bringing to bring the St Andrews proposals… Read more »
The timing of Saddam Hussein’s sentencing in the run-up to the US mid-term elections was “deeply suspicious”, former foreign secretary Malcolm Rifkind has declared. The Conservative MP accused the Bush administration of using the timing of the verdict, which saw the former Iraqi leader sentenced to death by hanging, to boost the Republicans’ performance at… Read more »
