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Jersey’s States Assembly today approved a proposal to change the law on assisted dying for adult islanders with terminal or incurable conditions, who have a clear and settled wish to end their lives. Channel Islands Humanists, part of Humanists UK, which campaigns for a right to die for those with terminal or incurable illnesses, praised the debate… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation in Northern Ireland (BASC NI) has called for the Ministerial Directive that limits the number of firearms that a registered firearms dealer may hold, to be scrapped. BASC NI’s recommendation, outlined in a survey response to the Department of Justice (DoJ), is that the number of firearms a… Read more »
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Ian Dunt Alan Johnson has delivered a blistering first interview as chancellor, saying the coalition cuts would “fundamentally alter our community”. Mr Johnson, who admitted when he was given the post that he needed to brush up on his economics, said he would not oppose all government cuts, but that the scale of what was… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson and Peter Wozniak Ed Miliband has ignored the results of Labour’s shadow Cabinet elections by appointing Peter Hain to the Wales portfolio. The former Welsh secretary, who was a prominent supporter of Ed Miliband during the recent leadership election campaign, did not get enough votes to make it into the opposition party’s… Read more »