Recently the Government floated the idea of increasing Sunday trading hours – supposedly this was meant to help keep large businesses sweet because there was going to be a tax hike. However, thanks to people speaking out against it, the Government has indicated it was only ‘flying a kite’ to gauge people’s opinions, and that it wasn’t seriously thinking about it.
All of us at the Institute were deeply saddened to learn of the passing last month of Lesley Scott, who worked tirelessly alongside us as part of the NO2NP campaign.
An article in The New Statesman this week was entitled ‘Let them die: the case for assisted dying’. Its author, political journalist Oli Dugmore, best known as editor of men’s website JOE.co.uk, gave an astonishingly one-sided take of the issue of assisted suicide, which failed to engage with any concerns and simply declared that legalisation is in everyone’s best interests.
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day — a global reminder that every life matters, and that those in despair deserve to be given hope, help and care.
Christian MSP Kate Forbes announced earlier this week her intention to step back from the world of politics in order to spend more time with her family.
The Government is set to amend its Employment Rights Bill to allow mothers a week’s unpaid bereavement leave if they lose their unborn baby before 24 weeks.
