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BASC responds to Scottish Government’s announcement on deer management

Scotland’s Net Zero Secretary today announced the government’s climate change plans, including details on how these new measures will affect deer management in Scotland. The Scottish Government has stated they ‘will build on the current Cairngorms Deer Pilot to develop a national scheme which incentivises increased management and investment in the venison supply chain’. Peter… Read more »

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Jack Straw changes plans over House of Lords reform voting
Straw in u-turn on Lords reform vote

Leader of the House of Commons Jack Straw today performed a u-turn and abandoned his proposals to allow MPs to vote on the House of Lords reform using a preferential voting system. Despite his personal support for an alternate vote ballot, he told the House today that MPs will vote using a traditional division system,… Read more »

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Tony Blair has announced targets for a maximum 18 week wait for NHS treatment
Blair: Waiting list cuts will ‘transform’ NHS

Tony Blair committed today to “transform” the way health services are delivered, pledging that no patient will wait more than 18 weeks for NHS treatment by the end of 2008. The prime minister this morning visited King’s College Hospital in London to look at the new innovations being introduced to cut waiting times. These include… Read more »