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BASC has welcomed Defra’s announcement that the new General Licence (GL45), which governs the release of pheasants and red-legged partridges on and around certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs), is currently being reviewed. The current licence conditions are based on a medium level of risk of the occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild… Read more »
The overwhelming majority (80%) of respondents use social media, with 78% using it at least once a day, according to new research undertaken by the Medical Defence Union (MDU). The survey of 1,797 MDU members also revealed that the most popular channels were Facebook which is used by 75% followed by Instagram and YouTube which are… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff A motion calling for school uniforms to be free of all VAT is gathering support in Westminster. Yesterday, Mark Oaten, Liberal Democrat MP for Winchester and former leadership contender, became the latest MP to back the early day motion (EDM), which was tabled by Labour MP Lindsay Hoyle. Under the current system,… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The government is putting child poverty targets in jeopardy by focusing its economic rescue package on banks and not families, it has been claimed. Billion of taxpayers’ money has been spent on propping up struggling British banks, with targets to halve the number of children in poverty by 2010 in danger of… Read more »
