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BASC responds to Scottish Government’s announcement on deer management

Scotland’s Net Zero Secretary today announced the government’s climate change plans, including details on how these new measures will affect deer management in Scotland. The Scottish Government has stated they ‘will build on the current Cairngorms Deer Pilot to develop a national scheme which incentivises increased management and investment in the venison supply chain’. Peter… Read more »

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Andrew Lansely should have consulted on the white  paper reforms, Unison says
Govt in the dock on NHS reform

By politics.co.uk staff The high court will be asked to brand Andrew Lansley’s NHS reforms illegal today when the government is taken to court by Unison. The union says the health secretary failed to offer a consultation on any aspect of the reforms apart from their implementation. “The NHS does not belong to the government,… Read more »

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Half a million of the projected job losses are set to come from the private sector
Cuts knock-on could cause ‘1 million job losses’

By Peter Wozniak Nearly one million jobs may be lost as a result of the government’s austerity drive, a report by PwC has warned. More concerning for the government is the prediction that fully half these job losses will occur in private sector firms which rely on government contracts. The PwC report added a note… Read more »