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BASC chief executive presents new award to Gleneagles coaches

BASC chief executive Ian Bell has presented awards to coaches at the Gleneagles Shooting and Fishing School after the association partnered with the prestigious Gleneagles Hotel. BASC was appointed to deliver a top tier and in-depth Shotgun Coaching Award programme to all full-time coaches at the school. The award programme is a cornerstone of BASC’s commitment… Read more »

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Rally outside Parliament as MPs to debate assisted dying

Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision (MDMD) will be holding a rally on Parliament Square on 29 April at 15:30 to show their support for assisted dying legislation for the terminally ill and the incurably suffering. On Monday the House of Commons will be holding a Westminster Hall debate on assisted dying after an… Read more »

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Overcrowding causing serious problems
Prisons struggling with “drugs, violence and inhumanity”

The UK’s jails are overcrowded and struggling to provide “humane containment” according to a new report from the Prison Reform Trust. In an analysis of the Prison Service’s performance against its main targets, the report claims that the Service failed to meet seven of its 18 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Crucially, it has failed to… Read more »

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Fraud still causes concern
£650 million overpaid in housing benefit

New figures from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) and National Statistics suggest that £650 million of public money was overpaid on housing benefit for the 12 month period up to September 2003. This amounts to around 5.3 per cent of the overall expenditure on housing benefit. Due to the statistical extrapolation the DWP… Read more »