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UK-based membership of the Swiss assisted dying centre Dignitas has grown by 50% in the last five years, new figures show. In 2024, there were 2,231 members of non-profit Dignitas (full name DIGNITAS – To live with dignity, die with dignity) compared to 1,430 in 2019. Membership – a prerequisite to having an assisted death… Read more »
Tom Gordon MP has put forward an amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults Bill to reduce the deadline for the Government to introduce assisted dying from four years to three. Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision have welcomed the amendment. The first draft of the Bill set the maximum time the Government could take… Read more »
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The World Bank must make tackling climate change central to its role in the 21st century, the international development secretary Hilary Benn has argued. Addressing the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London yesterday, Mr Benn called on the bank to set bold targets on reversing climate change that matched the scale of… Read more »
Gordon Brown would establish a green ‘super-ministry’ if appointed prime minister, in a move that would reduce Whitehall bureaucracy and combine energy and the environment. According to reports, Mr Brown would disband the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and hive off responsibility for oil and gas to a new environment super-ministry, most likely headed… Read more »
