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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has written to the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Lorna Slater, ahead of a major consultation into deer management changes in Scotland. The consultation which closes on Friday 29 March, raises six key themes around deer management changes. BASC has serious concerns regarding many… Read more »
The Assisted Dying Bill Scotland has been published today. Humanists UK welcomes the bill and hopes it passes the next stage, but urges politicians not to ignore people like Tony Nicklinson, who would not be eligible for the proposed law. Currently, the Bill is limited to only people who are terminally ill, which has a legal… Read more »
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By Ian Dunt Nick Clegg has taken a stand against Britain’s much-criticised libel laws. The Lib Dem leader used a speech at the 350th birthday celebration of the Royal Society this lunchtime to say the law was having a “stifling effect” on scientific debate. “The freedom to evaluate critically the work of others is the… Read more »
Here’s the big question vexing Labour over the weekend: how divorced are its inhabitants of the Westminster village from the rest of the country? By Alex Stevenson At the beginning of the week I spoke to Labour campaigners from up and down Britain. I might have expected to find them shuddering, not from the cold,… Read more »
