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BASC Scotland has reinforced its calls for a community deer management pilot scheme in light of a new round of Scottish government deer contracts. The Scottish government agency responsible for managing publicly-owned forestry – Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) – has announced plans to cull a fifth of Scotland’s wild deer population over the next… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) says it is extremely worrying that the amount of money earmarked to cover the total cost of clinical negligence claims (including both including IBNR and PPOs) against the NHS in England has risen to £128.6 billion. This is an increase on the previous year’s figure of £85.2 billion and the… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff David Cameron’s Commons aide has become the first casualty of the expenses scandal, issuing his resignation this morning. Over the course of eight years, Andrew MacKay and his wife, Tory backbencher Julie Kirkbridge both claimed their respective full allowances, despite living together. “He submitted his papers to an examination and that examination… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff A former minister has been suspended from the parliamentary Labour party, after it was dicovered he claimed mortgage payments up to 18 months after paying back the loan. Gordon Brown announced the suspension in a speech in Derbyshire launching Labour’s local and European election campaign. “Where mistakes are made we have got… Read more »
