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Rally outside Parliament as MPs to debate assisted dying

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 »

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Defra to review GL45 in light of reduction of AI risk

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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Mark of unfairness: Osborne's Budget will hit the poor hardest, analysts have found
Osborne’s Budget ‘will hurt the poor’

By Ian Dunt The emergency Budget was a regressive measure which will hurt the poor, economic analysts have concluded. The Institute of Fiscal Studies’ (IFS) research for the End Child Poverty campaign found the Budget will hit families with children hardest and that poorest families will lose the most. The report could have a devastating… Read more »

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The Miliband brothers appear to have broken their fraternal truce today
Labour leadership: The gloves are off

By Ian Dunt The Miliband brothers have broken their truce and entered into a tough war of words over the future of Labour. After a summer in which the siblings abided by their commitment to not launch personal attacks on each other, relations between the two men appeared to break down today with David Miliband… Read more »