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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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George Osborne meets public sector workers in the Treasury
Osborne consults workers amid economic gloom

By politics.co.uk staff George Osborne is pressing ahead with his austerity agenda by meeting public sector workers with bright ideas for spending cuts, as the impact of his emergency Budget hits international forecasts for British economic growth. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted Britain’s GDP would grow by 1.2% in 2010, a 0.1% fall from… Read more »

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Figures for public sector unemployment had been higher
OBR ‘revised unemployment downwards just before Budget’

By politics.co.uk staff The newly-formed Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is facing serious questions about its independence after it emerged it downgraded its unemployment forecasts just before the Budget. The office, which was formed by chancellor George Osborne to free forecasts from any sense of political interference, reduced the total by 175,000 after making methodological… Read more »