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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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Fresh figures from the Office for National Statistics show that UK public sector debt has reached £2.3 trillion. The figures for the last financial year show public sector debt surging to £2.34 trillion over the past 12 months, equal to 6.2 per cent of national GDP. In March the Office for Budget Responsibility forecasted that… Read more »
Prime minister, Boris Johnson, announced that the government will “remove all remaining domestic restrictions in law” in a statement to the House. Labour’s Keir Starmer said that the government’s announcements were “not enough to prepare us for future variants” and pointed to the rumours that the prime minister “couldn’t persuade his own health secretary”. He… Read more »
