* general election 2010
Tomorrow, MPs will vote for the first time on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – the first vote on assisted dying in the Commons in nearly a decade. Introduced by Kim Leadbeater MBE, the Labour MP for Spen Valley, the Bill will allow adults who are terminally ill with six months or… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) is urging supporters of sustainable shooting to take immediate action in response to a petition by Wild Justice calling for a ban on grouse shooting. Many newly elected MPs may be unfamiliar with the environmental, social and economic benefits sustainable grouse shooting delivers, leaving them open to… Read more »
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Candidates from the main parties give their take on the problems faced by Luton South – and why they should be the expenses-ravaged constituency’s next MP. – – – – – Labour’s Gavin Shuker is defending disgraced MP Margaret Moran’s 14.7% notional majority. Here he talks about the impact of the expenses scandal, local issues… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff David Cameron’s battle against the ‘sexualisation of childhood’ appears to have secured an early victory despite the Tories not being in office, with the news Primark are removing padded bras for seven-year-old girls from the shelves. The high street giant, which previously found itself in trouble for the use of sweat shops… Read more »
