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Defra to review GL45 in light of reduction of AI risk

BASC has welcomed Defra’s announcement that the new General Licence (GL45), which governs the release of pheasants and red-legged partridges on and around certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs), is currently being reviewed. The current licence conditions are based on a medium level of risk of the occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild… Read more »

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A brain dump

A wave of jargon is sweeping across the public sector. If coterminous thinking outside the box is not immediately meaningfully dialogued, plain English champions are warning there is a grave danger the government will go bottom-up. By Alex Stevenson This paradigm has only been uncovered following a brain dump from the Local Government Association, whose… Read more »

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Report stayed in Downing Street for nearly four months
PM’s report delay frustrates intelligence MPs

By politics.co.uk staff MPs on the intelligence and security committee have expressed “disappointment” after Gordon Brown published their annual 2008/09 report four months late. The report was sent to the prime minister on December 15th but Mr Brown only chose to lay it before parliament today. As it covers the period from December 2008 to… Read more »