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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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The Conservative party has edged further ahead of Labour according to the latest opinion poll. The Sunday Telegraph/ICM survey gives the Tories their highest support since a month before Black Wednesday in 1992 while John Major was prime minister. David Cameron’s party are up five to 43 per cent in today’s poll, with Labour down… Read more »
Excerpts of a government-commissioned report have revealed half of Britons could be obese within 25 years. The Foresight study, expected to be released in full this week, reportedly claims that rising obesity levels will cost the country £45 billion a year by 2050 through increased care requirements and missed working hours. Last week the government’s… Read more »
