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BASC’s fighting fund, set up to fight the corner of members who have been victims of injustice, has successfully helped a member win costs against the police. The BASC member was awarded costs of £4,000 after a successful appeal against revocation of his certificate. BASC put Cheshire Constabulary on notice last year that costs would… Read more »
The Health and Social Care Committee’s report on assisted dying has been published today. Humanists UK has welcomed the evidence-based nature of the report, but expressed disappointment that the committee missed the opportunity to draw firm conclusions or recommend specific changes to the law. Although the report does not make any recommendations for or against legislative… Read more »
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By Sasjkia Otto The Conservatives have regained another pre-1997 stronghold in Reading West with a 12% swing. Conservative Alok Sharma earned 43% of the vote in Reading West, 107th on the Tory target list, with a 6,004 vote majority. Labour’s Naz Sarkar won 31% with 14,519 votes, down 4,421 votes from 2005. Reading West was… Read more »
By Chris Bradley Labour have held their seat safe in Riverside as the Commons’ transport committee chairperson Louise Ellman was re-elected. The announcement came just after 5:00 BST that Ms Ellman had kept her seat for a fourth time with a 14,173 majority of votes (36.5%). Earlier in the night, Ms Ellman told politics.co.uk she… Read more »