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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 Ian Dunt Activists camped out in Parliament Square have responded to legal actions against them by scaling parliament and hanging an anti-war banner. The modest banner reads: “We respect the soldiers, we do not support the war.” Yesterday Brian Haw and Barbara Tucker, two long-time protestors outside parliament, were arrested after police arrived with… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Graham Brady has won the chairmanship of the backbench 1922 committee, in an early blow to David Cameron’s authority. The prime minister was forced into a swift retreat after a row with Tory MPs undermined prospects of the loyalist alternative, Richard Ottaway, being chosen. The 1922 committee committee of backbench Conservative MPs… Read more »
