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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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Your easy-to-read guide to the legislation coming up in the year ahead. Office of Budget Responsibility bill The OBR, which formed a prominent part of the Liberal Democrats’ approach to reforming the financial regulatory system, seeks to depoliticise political decisions by providing forecasts separately from the Treasury. The chancellor would accept the forecasts for the… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff There was limited good news for the government today when official figures revised up statistics on the growth of the UK economy. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said economic growth in the first quarter of 2010 was quicker than expected and revised the figure to 0.3%, up from 0.2%. Year-on-year output… Read more »
