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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 current oil-for-food scandal gripping the United Nations shows the organisation “needs to put its own house in order”, the Conservatives said today. Shadow foreign secretary Liam Fox said the accusations of corruption levelled at the former head of the UN’s oil-for-food programme in Iraq were serving only to strengthen the hands of its critics…. Read more »
Terror suspects could face a pre-trial hearing behind closed doors under new proposals under review by the Home Office. A department spokeswoman confirmed the measures were being considered as part of the government’s toughening up of anti-terror legislation and administrative powers. The details of the new preliminary hearings have yet to be decided but reports… Read more »
