Party Politics
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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By Ian Dunt Gordon Brown has launched the Labour 2010 manifesto in Birmingham, with a pledge to reform both the state and the market. The Labour leader said he wanted a manifesto that could encourage entrepreneurship and innovation, but also one which took lessons from the financial crisis. “In building the future Labour will be… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff David Cameron has suggested he will govern in a more inclusive way than Margaret Thatcher should he become prime minister. In an interview with the Telegraph on Sunday, the Tory leader accepted the Iron Lady’s achievements, but insisted he would not be so divisive a figue. “Look, I think very important things… Read more »
