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Badgers saved from cull, but MPs still not happy
Relaxed attitude to bovine TB shocks MPs

The government’s optimism on bovine TB has frustrated a committee of MPs worried by the “serious nature of the disease”. The environment, food and rural affairs committee accuses it of appearing complacent over the nature of the threat following the publication of the government’s response to its assessment of the situation. “We are extremely disappointed… Read more »

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More time with the kids
Flexitime shakeup ‘will help rebalance families’

The government is prepared to extend flexitime working rules to fathers in a bid to improve Britain’s work-life balance, a report claims. According to the Independent newspaper ministers are considering extending the right to ask for flexible working for parents with children up to the age of 16. This would improve the current limit, which… Read more »