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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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The historical context Amidst the emergency of World War Two, in 1942 the social reformer Sir William Beveridge proposed a wide-ranging bipartisan agenda for welfare reform that offered glimpses of a brighter domestic future for the war-weary population once the prolonged conflict was over. 2022 marks eighty years since the Beveridge Report was published, a… Read more »
As the Downing Street party scandal rumbles on this week, new accusations about parties have hit the headlines, including one with a confirmed attendance from the Prime Minister himself, Boris Johnson. These parties form part of a broader pattern of lockdown breaches from political figures, from Stephen Kinnock’s family visit to Dominic Cummings’ 260-mile eyesight… Read more »
