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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 Alex Stevenson Exchequer secretary Kitty Ussher has resigned from the government after just ten days at the Treasury. She was forced to quit after revelations published in tomorrow’s Telegraph newspaper showed she had avoided capital gains tax by ‘flipping’ her Burnley home. Ms Ussher had been a minister at the Department of Work and… Read more »
By Ian Dunt The leader of the union Unison has told Labour it will not be receiving any more “blank cheques” in a sign of growing tension between the unions and the government. The announcement means 64 constituency Labour parties will have their funding withdrawn. Speaking at the union’s National Delegate Conference, general secretary Dave… Read more »
