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Assisted dying proposals in Jersey lodged – Humanists Comment

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 »

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BASC welcomes significant improvement on GL43

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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Welcome to politics.co.uk’s As-It-Happens page. Here, you can keep up to date on speeches, debates and major political events in real time. Just hit refresh on your browser to see the latest development. This event is now over but you can see how it happened below. 09:30 – Prime minister’s questions is back today for… Read more »

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Labour must ‘reform or die’

Labour is being told to reform or die after a survey was released showing most Tory MPs expect to see its links with the unions destroyed in the first term of a Conservative government. The survey, carried out by democratisation thinktank Unlock Democracy on behalf of the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust showed 84 per cent… Read more »