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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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By politics.co.uk staff The government is set to raise the minimum redundancy payment in a bid to help counteract the effects of the recession. At present, the payment stands at one week’s pay for every full year’s service between the ages of 22 and 41 and one and a half week’s pay for older employees…. Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Conservative MP Damian Green has made angry protests about being prevented from discussing a police investigation involving him inside the Commons. He was ordered to stop speaking by deputy speaker Sylvia Heal while making comments about a statement made by Commons speaker Michael Martin concerning e-mails sent between Mr Green and former… Read more »
