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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 Alex Stevenson Gordon Brown may accept large parts of the Iraq war inquiry being held in public rather than private, No 10 has conceded. Downing Street sought to downplay the significance of whether the inquiry was being held in private or public this morning as criticisms of the prime minister’s decision to hold the… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The Conservatives plan to put more pressure on Labour over the Iraq inquiry, by calling for a public inquiry in their opposition day debate next week. The move could divide Labour, by encouraging backbenchers to vote against the government. Gordon Brown announced the inquiry would be held in secret earlier this week,… Read more »
