In Parliament
During last night’s late night sitting in the House of Lords, running beyond 2am, peers voted to allow women to continue to access abortion services at home. Prior to Covid, women were required to attend a clinic in person to access abortion pills. But since then, they have been able to receive the pills by post. The… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has committed to contributing £75,000 towards Natural England’s hen harrier recovery work over the next three years, via its Legacy Fund. Three annual payments of £25,000 will aid Natural England’s objectives of winter roost monitoring, support and education around diversionary feeding, and the southern reintroduction of the species. The three-year agreement follows… Read more »
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We can live better”, claimed Baroness Meacher as the House of Lords began its second reading of her private member’s bill on assisted dying. The chair of Dignity in Dying said the absence of a legal way to end one’s life, “turns compassionate friends and family into criminals and causes thousands of dying people to… Read more »
“There are all these luminaries of the opposition benches and their faces are naked and unadorned.”
