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Rally outside Parliament as MPs to debate assisted dying

Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision (MDMD) will be holding a rally on Parliament Square on 29 April at 15:30 to show their support for assisted dying legislation for the terminally ill and the incurably suffering. On Monday the House of Commons will be holding a Westminster Hall debate on assisted dying after an… Read more »

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Defra to review GL45 in light of reduction of AI risk

BASC has welcomed Defra’s announcement that the new General Licence (GL45), which governs the release of pheasants and red-legged partridges on and around certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs), is currently being reviewed. The current licence conditions are based on a medium level of risk of the occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild… Read more »

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Government told mini budget put ‘booster rocket’ under mortgage rates

The economic secretary Andrew Griffith was today called to the commons to answer an urgent question from the shadow chief secretary of the treasury Pat McFadden on developments in the UK mortgage market. Mr McFadden said: “While they enacted their teenage right wing pamphlet fantasies using the country like lab rats, homeowners and renters were… Read more »

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Yvette Cooper: ‘What is the point of Suella Braverman?’

The immigration minister Robert Jenrick was today called to the commons to answer an urgent question from the shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper on the newly-announced immigration figures. Ms Cooper raised the absence of the home secretary. “Where is the home secretary who is in charge of these policies? … What is the point of… Read more »