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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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The Conservatives have admitted that they have “belittled” people working in the public services, and promised to forge a new relationship with teachers and healthcare staff. Shadow education secretary David Willetts noted the tense relationship the party had had with teachers in the past, and promised to stop “beating up on them”. The interim report… Read more »
David Cameron has today joined with Friends of the Earth to call for a new climate change bill to be introduced to parliament. The proposed legislation would set annual targets for reducing carbon emissions, with a view to cutting them by 60 per cent on 1990 levels by 2050, and would create a new independent… Read more »
