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New paper into social impact of shooting ‘significant’, says BASC

A new scientific paper into the social, mental and wellbeing attributes of those who participate in game shooting has been highlighted as significant by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). The new paper, published in the journal Ageing & Society, concludes that participation in shooting and shooting-related activities, such as beating and picking-up, results… Read more »

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New national food strategy offers ‘little more than crumbs’

Responding to the publication of England’s National Food Strategy, Sarah Woolley, General Secretary of the Bakers and Allied Food Workers Union (BFAWU) said: “With 10 million people across the UK facing food poverty, this new strategy needed to bring meaningful change and recommend a ‘Right to Food’ law, instead it offers little more than crumbs… Read more »

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Anger over Royal Mail's delivery of BNP leaflets
Anger over BNP leaflet delivery

By politics.co.uk staff The ongoing row between the British National Party (BNP) and the Royal Mail took a new turn this week with residents across the country complaining BNP leaflets were delivered with council newsletters. Royal Mail guidelines state political leaflets should not be combined with other customers’ mail yet several local publications have allegedly… Read more »

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The cost of departing MPs: £1 million
The cost of departing MPs: £1m

By Ian Dunt The dozen MPs planning on stepping down at the next election will cost the taxpayer £1 million in golden goodbyes, it has been revealed. Their continuing salaries – assuming the prime minister leaves the general election until next spring – will hit £600,000, while they sit on a combined pension pot of… Read more »