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What are the natural capital benefits of shooting?

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 »

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Unsustainable pressure on NHS affecting patient care – MDU says

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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Welcome to politics.co.uk’s as-it-happens page. Here you can keep up to date with speeches, debates and major political events live, in real time. By Ian Dunt PMQs as-it-happens

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Barack Obama vowed to make BP pay for its `recklessness`
Hardline Obama vows to ‘make BP pay’

By politics.co.uk staff US president Barack Obama used his first televised Oval Office address to deliver his harshest words yet against BP. The energy giant has become a focus for transatlantic tensions in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion 58 days ago, which has caused a huge environmental disaster. Mr Obama, who… Read more »