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New deer management orders could contravene human rights according to Scotland’s largest shooting organisation

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has written to the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Lorna Slater, ahead of a major consultation into deer management changes in Scotland. The consultation which closes on Friday 29 March, raises six key themes around deer management changes. BASC has serious concerns regarding many… Read more »

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Scottish Assisted Dying Bill Published – Humanists UK Comment

The Assisted Dying Bill Scotland has been published today. Humanists UK welcomes the bill and hopes it passes the next stage, but urges politicians not to ignore people like Tony Nicklinson, who would not be eligible for the proposed law. Currently, the Bill is limited to only people who are terminally ill, which has a legal… Read more »

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Pension top-up U-turn confirmed

Plans announced today will allow around 550,000 women to top up their missed national insurance payments through a one-off payment. Work and pensions secretary James Purnell proposed an amendment to the pensions bill which will allow people to buy up to an additional six years of voluntary national insurance contributions, over and above those permitted… Read more »

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'Sustained' strikes threatened
‘Sustained’ strikes threatened

Public sector workers look set to initiate a day of industrial action over a two per cent pay gap. Last night the national executive committee of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) agreed the first stages of what it says is a “programme of national industrial action” challenging the government’s anti-inflationary policies. It argues… Read more »