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Rally outside Parliament as MPs to debate assisted dying

Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision (MDMD) will be holding a rally on Parliament Square on 29 April at 15:30 to show their support for assisted dying legislation for the terminally ill and the incurably suffering. On Monday the House of Commons will be holding a Westminster Hall debate on assisted dying after an… Read more »

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Defra to review GL45 in light of reduction of AI risk

BASC has welcomed Defra’s announcement that the new General Licence (GL45), which governs the release of pheasants and red-legged partridges on and around certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs), is currently being reviewed. The current licence conditions are based on a medium level of risk of the occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild… Read more »

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Rural communities 'marginalised'
Rural communities ‘marginalised’

Rural communities are being marginalised by the same government department set up to support them, MPs have found. In a report published this morning, the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Committee argued Defra must now concentrate on rural communities, given that its climate change brief has been shifted over to the new Department of Energy… Read more »

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Interview: Lembit Opik
Interview: Lembit Opik

Liberal Democrat presidential hopeful Lembit Opik gives his views on his party’s future. Mr Opik told politics.co.uk he believes the party has a “fear of standing out” and portraying its policies in “pastel shades”. Travelling up in his “presidential motorhome” to talk to students to Coventry, Mr Opik is in no mood to mince his… Read more »