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BASC’s fighting fund, set up to fight the corner of members who have been victims of injustice, has successfully helped a member win costs against the police. The BASC member was awarded costs of £4,000 after a successful appeal against revocation of his certificate. BASC put Cheshire Constabulary on notice last year that costs would… Read more »
The Health and Social Care Committee’s report on assisted dying has been published today. Humanists UK has welcomed the evidence-based nature of the report, but expressed disappointment that the committee missed the opportunity to draw firm conclusions or recommend specific changes to the law. Although the report does not make any recommendations for or against legislative… Read more »
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By Ian Dunt Harriet Harman is facing up to an entirely different level of political opposition today after Pope Benedict XVI came out against her equality bill. Speaking to Catholic bishops from England and Wales who made the al-Limina pilgrimage to the tombs of Peter and Paul in Rome, the pope revealed his discomfort with… Read more »
by politics.co.uk staff The Lords have voted down three amendments to the equality bill, which campaigners said would prevent churches from denying jobs to gay people. Ministers insisted they intended only to clarify the existing bill, but in a series of well-attended votes, Lords rejected their arguments. The first vote had a majority of 38,… Read more »
