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BASC’s fighting fund, set up to fight the corner of members who have been victims of injustice, has successfully helped a member win costs against the police. The BASC member was awarded costs of £4,000 after a successful appeal against revocation of his certificate. BASC put Cheshire Constabulary on notice last year that costs would… Read more »
The Health and Social Care Committee’s report on assisted dying has been published today. Humanists UK has welcomed the evidence-based nature of the report, but expressed disappointment that the committee missed the opportunity to draw firm conclusions or recommend specific changes to the law. Although the report does not make any recommendations for or against legislative… Read more »
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The transport secretary Geoff Hoon claimed expenses for his constituency home while letting out his London flat and living in a Whitehall apartment. Mr Hoon lived in a rent-free Whitehall residence while in his former post as defence secretary while the London flat registered as his “main residence” was let out to a private tenant…. Read more »
The Treasury was wrong in its predictions of the severity of the recession, chancellor Alistair Darling has admitted. “It’s worse than we thought,” he told the Sunday Times newspaper in an interview ahead of the Budget announcement on April 22nd. The chancellor is expected to predict a 3 per cent shrinking of the UK economy… Read more »
