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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 Nine peers have been cleared by the House of Lords regarding their expenses claims. The investigation into the peers began after accusations they misused expenses by rarely using their main home and instead using the £174 a night allowance. Lords authorities decided the peers had visited enough to qualify for the allowance…. Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Harriet Harman has moved to allay concerns that MPs will not get sufficient time to vote on measures enhancing backbench MPs’ powers. An extra date – provisionally penned in for March 4th – will be added to the scheduled Monday February 22nd debate. The proposals include secret ballots of all MPs for… Read more »
