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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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By politics.co.uk staff Confusion reigned over the government’s proposed ID cards scheme today, as contradictory reports emerged about whether the new home secretary will push ahead with them. Alan Johnson, who is understood to be more sympathetic to civil liberties concerns than his predecessors, has ordered a review of the scheme, starting with ‘first principles’…. Read more »
By Ian Dunt The Conservatives seem in total disarray over the Lisbon treaty, after shadow business secretary Kenneth Clarke said the party would not scrap it once they are in power. David Cameron has made opposition to the treaty – and support for a referendum – a central plank of his party’s European agenda. But… Read more »
