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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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Sir Christopher Kelly’s recommendations are a form of bereavement counselling for expenses-stricken MPs. It’s time to move on. By Alex Stevenson “Whether you like this or not, there’s a lot to be said for just getting behind this now.”Sir Christopher’s message to MPs was rammed home again and again. Politicians had to put the “abuses… Read more »
By Emmeline Saunders BNP leader Nick Griffin has been refused permission to visit Sellafield nuclear plant over security fears. Mr Griffin, who sits on the European parliament’s environment committee, had expressed interest in visiting the west Cumbrian site as he is pro-nuclear power and against wind farms. But Sellafield management were worried about… Read more »
