Local Government
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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Mayor of London Boris Johnson has decided not to renew a controversial oil deal with Venezuela which provides cheap fuel for the capital’s public transport system. The deal, set up by former mayor Ken Livingstone, is due to end in August this year and Mr Johnson claimed the half-price bus and tram fares for those… Read more »
Population figures used by the government to establish funding levels for local authorities are unworkably inaccurate, MPs have warned. A report published today by a sub-committee of the Commons’ Treasury select committee concludes the problem is an urgent one because of the increasingly volatile nature of Britain’s population. It urges the government to stop using… Read more »
