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New deer management orders could contravene human rights according to Scotland’s largest shooting organisation

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 »

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Scottish Assisted Dying Bill Published – Humanists UK Comment

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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Govt to ‘measure happiness’ as austerity strikes

By politics.co.uk staff The nation’s happiness will be measured officially for the first time, just as the impact of spending cuts begin to bite. David Cameron is reportedly fulfilling a pledge he made in opposition to begin measuring the British people’s “general wellbeing”. The Office of National Statistics (ONS) will be asked to devise a… Read more »

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Lib Dems elect coalition-sceptics

By Ian Dunt There was dramatic evidence that the tide within the Liberal Democrats was hardening against the Tories over the weekend, when two prominent sceptics of the coalition agreement topped a poll for the federal executive. Dr Evan Harris has stressed that the party must base all future coalition calculations solely on “arithmetic” and… Read more »