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Humanists UK – Think for yourself, act for everyone At Humanists UK, we want a tolerant world where rational thinking and kindness prevail. We work to support lasting change for a better society, championing ideas for the one life we have. We do this because we’re humanists, people who shape our own lives in the here… Read more »

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Medical Defence Union (MDU)

The MDU is a not-for-profit, mutual organisation wholly dedicated to our members’ interests. Our team is led and staffed by doctors with real-life experience of the pressures and challenges faced in practice. Since 1885, we have been indemnifying doctors for incidents arising from their clinical care of patients. We are proud of our heritage, but… Read more »

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National Association of Retired Police Officers (NARPO)

For 100 years, NARPO has provided an important voice for retired police officers across England and Wales, as well as their widows, widowers and former partners. Representing more than 89,000 members, NARPO is one of the largest public sector pensioner organisations in the country. Its aim is to safeguard the rights of members and to promote measures… Read more »

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Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union

The Bakers, Food and Allied Workers’ Union (BFAWU) is a trade union of workers in the food industry. It was founded in 1847, in Manchester, by a group of Journeymen Bakers.  The next year, the organisation began to operate on a national level, and became the Amalgamated Union of Operative Bakers. In 1861 it played a… Read more »

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British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC)

Founded in 1908, The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), formerly the Wildfowlers’ Association of Great Britain and Ireland (WAGBI), is the largest fieldsports organisation in the UK. It campaigns to protect and promote country shooting and conservation. Country shooting includes live quarry shooting of game, wildfowl and the management of pest species. Today… Read more »

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Britain's distant water fishing industry collapsed in the late 1970s
MPs lament ‘cod war’ compensation failures

The government’s failure to fairly compensate British trawlermen who lost their jobs after the ‘cod wars’ of the 1970s is “incredible”, MPs believe. The distant water fishing industry collapsed when UK trawlers lost access to Icelandic waters after disagreements between the UK and Icelandic governments in the late 1970s. Only a prolonged campaign eventually resulted… Read more »

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Protesters scale Westminster

Environmental campaigners have scaled the roof of the Houses of Parliament to protest against the government’s apparent support for Heathrow expansion. Five activists from the campaign group Plane Stupid have breached security at Westminster to unfurl banners protesting against the proposed third runway at Heathrow. One reads “BAA headquarters” and the second demands “No Third… Read more »