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New deer management orders could contravene human rights according to Scotland’s largest shooting organisation

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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Scottish Assisted Dying Bill Published – Humanists UK Comment

The Assisted Dying Bill Scotland has been published today. Humanists UK welcomes the bill and hopes it passes the next stage, but urges politicians not to ignore people like Tony Nicklinson, who would not be eligible for the proposed law. Currently, the Bill is limited to only people who are terminally ill, which has a legal… Read more »

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The economic crisis took the Tories and Labour by surprise when it first hit.
Labour and the recession

Ed Miliband is formulating a new economic strategy in a bid to defeat government arguments that Labour was responsible for the recession. Labour officials are worried that the public have accepted coalition arguments about Labour’s responsibility for the recession. Party figures believe it was necessary to rack up a deficit in a bid to control… Read more »

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Admitting mistakes? Miliband wants to recalibrate Labour's economic strategy.
Miliband prepares to admit Labour mistakes

By Ian Dunt Labour will admit that it was too slow to use the language of cuts, in a bid to convince voters of its economic credential. In a controversial strategy meeting decided on at a meeting of the shadow Cabinet on Tuesday, Ed Miliband insisted that the party needed to accept criticism of its… Read more »