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Defra to review GL45 in light of reduction of AI risk

BASC has welcomed Defra’s announcement that the new General Licence (GL45), which governs the release of pheasants and red-legged partridges on and around certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs), is currently being reviewed. The current licence conditions are based on a medium level of risk of the occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild… Read more »

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Got them where he wants them? Osborne's trap could yet backfire.
Analysis: Why Labour is at its strongest in a Tory trap

The welfare benefits uprating bill, which caps payments such as tax credits at one per cent for the next three years, sees Labour’s Ed Balls walk into chancellor George Osborne’s trap. But there’s still a way for Ed Miliband’s team to come of it smelling of roses.