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Royal Mail has shelved plans to impose a blanket ban on the carriage of knives which would have unfairly penalised the shooting community and hundreds of small businesses across the country. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) wrote to Royal Mail’s chief executive pointing out that the ban would severely impact retailers across the… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has written to the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Lorna Slater, ahead of a major consultation into deer management changes in Scotland. The consultation which closes on Friday 29 March, raises six key themes around deer management changes. BASC has serious concerns regarding many… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff A worrying new report expected later today will find that most jurors do not fully comprehend the legal directions given to them by judges when they consider their verdict. The study, based on 69,000 verdicts across 18 months and conducted by University College London (UCL) found jurors frequently used the internet to… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Staff at Job Centres were forced to take on more back-to-work schemes than they could deal with, the Conservatives have claimed. The party said a new report written for ministers reveals a disastrous and under-prepared response to the slew of government initiatives which followed the start of the recession. Staff were unprepared… Read more »
