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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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By politics.co.uk staff The BNP will be forced to pay legal costs in a case against their ‘whites only’ membership policy after turning up to court unprepared today. The party had waited until last night to brief their legal team on the matter, meaning the case had to be adjourned until October 15th. The party… Read more »
By Liz Stephens and Ian Dunt The UK government has published correspondence which appears to back its position over the release of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi by the Scottish executive. The Scottish government followed suit in the afternoon by publishing background reports on the case. The letters support UK government assertions that no deal was done… Read more »
