Party Politics
On 22 October, for the first time in years, the UK Parliament will debate legislation to legalise assisted dying for the terminally ill. Humanists UK, which campaigns for a right to die for those with terminal or incurable illnesses, fully supports the Assisted Dying Bill as a landmark step towards much-needed reform. It will be… Read more »
Leading rural organisations have reacted positively to the High Court’s dismissal of Wild Justice’s ‘speculative’ attempt to judicial review Defra’s most recent burning legislation in England. The attempted judicial review had sought to disrupt the Heather and Grass Burning (England) Regulations 2021 that bans heather burning on our most protected sites with peat of more… Read more »
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David Cameron has pledged to take 200,000 people off benefits under new plans to be announced this week. The Conservative leader says he is determined to remove healthy people from incapacity lists and get them back to work. Writing in the News of the World ahead of a policy announcement, Mr Cameron insists that “far… Read more »
Alex Salmond has come under renewed pressure to stand down as a Westminster MP. The Conservatives claim the SNP leader’s voting record at Westminster shows he treats his constituents “with contempt”. Figures published by the Scottish Conservatives show Mr Salmond has attended Westminster to vote twice since being elected to the Scottish parliament in May…. Read more »
