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Assisted dying proposals in Jersey lodged – Humanists Comment

The legalisation of assisted dying in Jersey has taken another step as proposals have been lodged in the States Assembly. Channel Island Humanists welcomes the proposals, as another part of the British Isle moves closer to a compassionate end-of-life law. The proposals will allow residents of Jersey who are intolerably suffering from a physical, incurable condition… Read more »

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BASC welcomes significant improvement on GL43

BASC has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Defra of a new general licence (GL45) for the release of game birds (pheasant and red legged partridges) on or near certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in England. After the chaos of last year’s announcement at short notice, BASC has achieved significant improvements to… Read more »

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Westminster in nuclear fall-out with SNP

By Alice Cannet David Miliband has criticised the Scottish government after it vowed to prevent Westminster from building new nuclear power stations in Scotland. Speaking on BBC radio Scotland, the British Energy minister urged SNP to revise their nuclear stance and said the decision was a shame for Scottish industry. During his visit to Hunterston… Read more »

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MPs accused of ignoring fuel poverty vote
MPs accused of ignoring fuel poverty vote

By politics.co.uk staff The fuel poverty bill was unable to make progress last week because so few MP’s turned out to vote, a lobby group said today. The Federation of Private Residents Association (FPRA) have today asked why just seven per cent of Labour MPs and ten per cent of Conservative MP’s turned out to… Read more »