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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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By Ian Dunt David Cameron’s demands that Britain sets a higher bar on those coming into the teaching profession received support from an influential committee of MPs today. The cross-party group of MPs on the children, schools and families committee said entry-level requirements for teacher training were too low and that “the bar must be… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The link between financial disadvantage and low achievement at school must be broken, Nick Clegg said today. Unveiling the Liberal Democrat education policy for the party’s general election campaign with a keynote speech in London, Mr Clegg said that the link between deprivation and low achievement remained, despite Labour’s investment programme. “Despite… Read more »
