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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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Two thirds of employers would refuse to give a job to a former heroin or crack cocaine addict, even if they were otherwise suitable for the job. The figures could not come at a worse time for the government, with last week’s welfare reform package containing several measures to get addicts back into employment. “This… Read more »
The government’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) could announce it believes ecstacy should be downgraded today.. Last year the drug was ranked as less harmful than alcohol and tobacco according to a report in The Lancet published by the ACMD’s new chairman, Professor David Nutt. The ACMD is expected to say the… Read more »
