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By joining the Labour Animal Welfare Society, you’ll be part of an organisation that works to improve the lives of animals by promoting the cause of animal welfare across the Labour movement. LAWS is affiliated to the Labour Party as one of the official Socialist Societies. Full membership £6 per year Full membership plus £4 …

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A Better Life For Animals: a proposed animal welfare manifesto

LAWS urges Labour to adopt proposed animal welfare manifesto Download the full proposed manifesto here The Labour Animal Welfare Society  (LAWS) has published ‘A Better Life For Animals’,  a proposed animal welfare manifesto containing policies designed to improve animal welfare in Britain under the next Labour government. LAWS is urging the leadership of the Labour Party to …

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Impact magazine: download the LAWS journal now

Download Impact here The Autumn 2023 edition of Impact, the Labour Animal Welfare Society journal, is now available. Those attending Labour Conference in Liverpool will be able to pick up a paper version from the LAWS stand in the main exhibition hall and all LAWS members will receive a copy through the post. If you’d …

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NEW REPORT: BOLD ANIMAL WELFARE POLICIES CAN HELP LABOUR CONNECT WITH VOTERS

‘Winning Together’, published by the Labour Animal Welfare Society, finds that animal welfare is an important issue for voters in Labour’s target seats. 23 September 2022  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DOWNLOAD THE REPORT ‘WINNING TOGETHER’ HERE The Labour Animal Welfare Society  (LAWS) has today published ‘Winning Together: How Bold Animal Welfare Policies Can Help Labour Connect …

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New report shows devastating impact of commercial pheasant and partridge shoots

Read and download our new report here For immediate release A NEW SCIENTIFIC REVIEW OF COMMERCIAL PHEASANT AND PARTRIDGE SHOOTS REVEALS THEIR DEVASTATING IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY IN THE UK. Labour Animal Welfare Society (LAWS), which commissioned the report is calling for pheasant and partridge shooting to be banned. The new report reveals …

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Statements on animal welfare from Labour’s Leader and Deputy Leader

It has become a tradition for LAWS to approach candidates in Labour’s Leader and Deputy Leader elections, asking them to provide a statement giving their views on animal welfare issues. Their views are important because animal welfare is important, but also because a significant number of electors (and Labour members) believe these issues are important …

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Sir Keir Starmer

Labour’s socialist societies are a hugely important part of the Labour Party family and the Labour Animal Welfare Society play a crucial role in campaigning on the rights of animals and promoting animal welfare within our party. We are the Party of the hunting ban and the Animal Welfare Act and that wouldn’t be the …

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Labour launches Animal Welfare Manifesto

Following public consultation, Shadow Secretary for DEFRA, Sue Hayman, will today unveil the party’s 50-point Animal Welfare Manifesto for government. Labour will announce radical action to strengthen animal welfare law, promote the highest level of care for domestic animals, improve welfare for animals used in sport and research and increase efforts to protect wild and …

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LAWS Day Conference – Saturday 16 March 2019

Save the date. This year’s LAWS Day Conference will take place on Saturday, 16 March in London at the Bloomsbury Baptist Church (conference room), 235 Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2H 8EP. The event will run from 10 am to approximately 4 pm. Please let us know if you will be attending. There is a fee of £10 …

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LAWS Karaoke Fringe Event at Labour Conference 2018

LAWS Karaoke Advert LAbour Conference 2018