The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) will be pushing for “meaningful improvements” within a Defra-published public consultation on a series of proposals to the dog microchipping regulations. The Microchipping of Dogs (England) Regulations were introduced in 2015 to increase re-unification rates of lost and stolen dogs, benefiting dog welfare and saving local authorities… Read more »
After a successful campaign to improve the safe space provisions in the Health and Care Bill, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) explains why this is a step forward for patient safety. Following its return from the House of Lords to the House of Commons this week, both chambers have now agreed that coroners should not routinely… Read more »
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By Ian Dunt The world’s first international union is launching a campaign to tackle the “lies” in the US health care debate. The controversy over President Obama’s plans to reform US health care, which currently leaves millions of Americans out of work, crossed the Atlantic last week after Tory MEP Daniel Hannan appeared on US… Read more »
By Liz Stephens The Metropolitan police have revealed ‘soft’ tactics for policing next week’s Climate Camp protest in London. In contrast to the heavily criticised tactics implemented at the G20 demonstrations in April, the Met have promised “community-style” policing. The police force has also registered an account on Twitter named CO11MetPolice which will be used… Read more »
