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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 »
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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By politics.co.uk staff Ed Miliband will reportedly not be able to visit Afghanistan until February, prompting accusations that Downing Street has ‘vetoed’ the Labour leader’s plans to go to the country before Christmas. The Labour leader, already said to be smarting over being pipped in precedence by Nick Clegg during the wreath-laying at the Remembrance… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff ‘Lolita’ beds and Playboy pencil cases are among the products facing a crackdown against the sexualisation of young people. An independent inquiry chaired by Mothers’ Union chief executive Reg Bailey gets underway from today tasked with recommending what steps should be taken. It follows concerns expressed by prime minister David Cameron in… Read more »
