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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 »
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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The government’s drugs chief has criticised the pharmaceutical industry for driving up the price of medicines in an interview with the Observer newspaper. The attack follows recent criticism of NICE for not allowing a kidney cancer drug to be made available on the NHS. Professor Sir Michael Rawlins, chairman of the National Institute for Clinical… Read more »
A children’s rights body has said that the government is failing to deal with sex offenders who return to the UK after committing crimes abroad. The report comes as former pop star Gary Glitter is set to return to the UK this week after serving a prison sentence for molesting two Vietnamese girls in 2006…. Read more »
