BASC Scotland has reinforced its calls for a community deer management pilot scheme in light of a new round of Scottish government deer contracts. The Scottish government agency responsible for managing publicly-owned forestry – Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) – has announced plans to cull a fifth of Scotland’s wild deer population over the next… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) says it is extremely worrying that the amount of money earmarked to cover the total cost of clinical negligence claims (including both including IBNR and PPOs) against the NHS in England has risen to £128.6 billion. This is an increase on the previous year’s figure of £85.2 billion and the… Read more »
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Government plans for housing involve a £200 million pound fund to purchase unsold new homes and make them available to first time buyers have been announced in the draft Queen’s speech. A shared equity fund for housing will be open to applications from all first time buyers. Tenants in social housing would be treated more… Read more »
Gordon Brown says the government will close “every loophole” to prevent criminals from keeping illegally-gained assets and escaping justice. As he delivered the draft Queen’s Speech in parliament, the prime minister explained the policing and crime reduction bill would reduce crime and empower citizens. Proposals to be unveiled by the home secretary would create directly-elected… Read more »
