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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has welcomed the announcement that enclosed gamebirds are to be included within enhanced livestock worrying legislation in England and Wales. Listing enclosed gamebirds and increasing police powers for dealing with incidents of livestock worrying are just two parts of a wider Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill introduced… Read more »
Lindsay van Dijk has been appointed to head up the chaplaincy and pastoral care team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which provides person-centred pastoral and spiritual care. As a head of service role, this is the most senior role a humanist pastoral carer has ever held in the NHS. She is also the… Read more »
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Phillip Mawer, parliamentary commissioner for standards, has called for radical reform to the way MPs claim expenses. There are currently large differences in what members of parliament claim for, with some MPs claiming almost £175,000 in expenses and others claiming less than £63,000. As a result of these huge discrepancies, Sir Phillip has argued for… Read more »
Immigrants only “marginally” benefit the UK economically, a pressure group has said. Migrationwatch, which argues for controlled immigration to the UK, calculates that migrants do benefit the economy – but only to the tune of 4p a week per person. The group questions whether this “at best marginal” benefit is worth the added strain migrants… Read more »
