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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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MPs have accepted some minor changes to their expenses system. The Commons rejected Conservative plans to take almost all second home items, like furniture, off the list of possible claims members of parliament can make. But MPs accepted government plans to make the National Audit Office auditor of their expenses and to cap annual expenses… Read more »
Alan Johnson has unveiled a ten-year strategy to give people at the end of their lives more choice about where they die. The £268 million scheme will ensure that community nursing services are available 24 hours a day so that more people can be cared for and die at home if they wish. Health and… Read more »
