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Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision (MDMD) will be holding a rally on Parliament Square on 29 April at 15:30 to show their support for assisted dying legislation for the terminally ill and the incurably suffering. On Monday the House of Commons will be holding a Westminster Hall debate on assisted dying after an… Read more »
BASC has welcomed Defra’s announcement that the new General Licence (GL45), which governs the release of pheasants and red-legged partridges on and around certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs), is currently being reviewed. The current licence conditions are based on a medium level of risk of the occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff The Tories have been forced onto the defensive after media reports suggested they had distributed misleading figures on crime. Official figures were sent out to local Tory activists without the Home Office warning that figures for before and after 2002 are not comparable. The methodology of the crime statistics changed significantly during… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff A dispute over the civil service compensation scheme (CSCS) will see members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union balloted on industrial action tomorrow. After the PCS’ national executive committee agreed last week civil service bosses had not moved far enough they agreed to begin the ballot process on a two-day… Read more »
