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Tomorrow, MPs are expected to finish the Report Stage of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill and cast their final votes at its Third Reading. If MPs vote in favour of the Bill, it will then head to the House of Lords for further scrutiny. Supporters of assisted dying will be gathering on… Read more »
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the first legally recognised humanist marriage in Scotland. Over 50,000 humanist weddings have happened since. Humanists UK congratulates Humanist Society Scotland on this momentous occasion and calls for the UK Government to act so that humanists in England and Wales can have the same right to marry in line… Read more »
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The government has secured an increase in EU fish quotas after fishermen complained they were forced to throw more than half of healthy catches back into the sea. As part of an attempt to safeguard cod and other fish stocks, the amount of fish UK trawlers can catch is fixed by the European Union (EU)…. Read more »
The government’s claim to have swiftly contained the first outbreak of foot and mouth disease has been cast into doubt. Scientists believe a second report of the virus a month after foot and mouth was first confirmed was part of the same outbreak, suggesting the government should not have claimed to have contained the virus… Read more »
