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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has welcomed the Scottish Government’s decision to postpone the implementation of muirburn licensing. The government had planned to introduce a licensing scheme ahead of 15 September – the start of the new muirburn season. However, a range of organisations, including BASC, raised serious concerns about the readiness… Read more »
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has passed Third Reading in the House of Commons. The vote was 314 in favour, 291 against. My Death, My Decision and Humanists UK welcome the result. Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of Humanists UK, said: ‘The House of Commons has taken a historic step towards meeting the… Read more »
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A senior Conservative has urged the prime minister to rethink the government’s international deportations plan with Rwanda, calling it a “knee jerk” reaction which, in its current form, “offends the innate British instinct of justice”. Robert Buckland, who served as justice secretary from 2019 to 2021 and later as Welsh secretary, has called on the… Read more »
Just 23 per cent of the public say Britain should leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), according to a new poll. The poll also found that pledging to leave the ECHR at the next election, expected in 2024, could lose the Conservatives twice as many votes for the Conservatives as they might gain… Read more »
