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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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Senior government officials ‘right at the top of Whitehall’ no longer believe that weapons of mass destruction (WMD) are likely to be found in Iraq, the BBC’s political editor, Andrew Marr, has claimed. However, the Government itself continues to believe that evidence of WMD development programmes could still be turned up, according to Mr Marr…. Read more »
Prime Minister Tony Blair has told Labour MPs not to forsake the “tremendous prize” of an historic Labour third term. Most agree the credibility and popularity of the PM have been damaged by the furore over the “dodgy dossier” and the unpopular US-led Iraq war. Add to this Labour’s apparent failure to deliver promised radical… Read more »
