The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has published its inaugural assessment of the Natural Capital benefits of shooting. Natural Capital can be defined as the sum of financial and social benefits we get from our natural environment. This concept has increasingly shaped both international and national environmental policies and is at the core… Read more »
Responding to a report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman into complaints about cancer care, Dr Udvitha Nandasoma, Medical Defence Union (MDU) head of advisory services said: “The report by England’s NHS Ombudsman of outcomes for cancer patients is yet more evidence of the unsustainable pressure on NHS staff. Our members working in the NHS are… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff David Cameron and Nick Clegg issued two markedly different warnings about the “painful” spending cuts ahead, just weeks before the emergency Budget. The prime minister and deputy prime minister offered a message which was factually identical but politically a mile apart, with Mr Cameron sounding a tough message on the cuts to… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Rebel parliamentarian Frank Field has become the first Labour MP to accept a job with the Lib-Con coalition government. Mr Field, who has a long track record of rebelling against the former Labour government, will head up an independent review into UK poverty. The review will include analysis of how school life… Read more »
