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Tom Gordon MP has put forward an amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults Bill to reduce the deadline for the Government to introduce assisted dying from four years to three. Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision have welcomed the amendment. The first draft of the Bill set the maximum time the Government could take… Read more »
The Isle of Man has this morning become the first part of the UK and Crown dependencies to pass an Assisted Dying Bill. Humanists UK and its assisted dying coalition partner My Death, My Decision Isle of Man has welcomed the historic vote. The Bill will make assisted dying available to adult Isle of Man… Read more »
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By Liz Stephens Gordon Brown’s speech to the UN general assembly yesterday was delayed by Colonel Gaddafi, while the PM dealt with apparent snubs from the Obama camp. Delivering an extraordinarily eccentric and lengthy speech which, among other things, criticised the UN for failing to equally represent developing nations, Colonel Gaddafi ran over his allotted… Read more »
By Liz Stephens Gordon Brown, Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy have written to the United Nations calling for an international conference to discuss the future of Afghanistan. The joint letter by the three heads of state, to UN secretary general Ban Ki Moon, calls for the summit to take place before the end of the… Read more »
