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The legalisation of assisted dying in Jersey has taken another step as proposals have been lodged in the States Assembly. Channel Island Humanists welcomes the proposals, as another part of the British Isle moves closer to a compassionate end-of-life law. The proposals will allow residents of Jersey who are intolerably suffering from a physical, incurable condition… Read more »
BASC has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Defra of a new general licence (GL45) for the release of game birds (pheasant and red legged partridges) on or near certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in England. After the chaos of last year’s announcement at short notice, BASC has achieved significant improvements to… Read more »
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The leader of Conservative Euro-MPs is facing calls for an investigation after it was revealed he funnelled some of his parliamentary allowances into his family company. Giles Chichester was forced into revealing his use of the allowance after David Cameron, Tory party leader, instigated a ‘clean-up’ campaign following the scandal around Derek Conway. European parliament… Read more »
The office of the shadow housing secretary, Grant Shapp, was part-funded by an estate agent while that of the shadow health secretary, Andrew Lansley, received a donation from a medical equipment company. The revelations come as MPs loose their fight to have second home expenses kept private. The information is revealed in a report from… Read more »
