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“Outright ban” on snares will have devastating consequences for biodiversity and the Welsh countryside, warns BASC

Banning snares including modern humane cable restraints in Wales will remove an essential conservation tool and could result in local extinctions, the UK’s largest shooting and conservation organisation has warned. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), which has its head office in north Wales, is now calling on the Welsh Government to rethink proposed… Read more »

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Businesses must invest in midlife and older workers to unlock economic growth, says think tank Phoenix Insights

Phoenix Insights, the think tank addressing the challenge of longer lives, is calling on businesses to boost economic growth by supporting lifelong learning opportunities among mid and late-career workers, including giving clearer job and career progression assurances for those who retrain Never Too Late to Learn report says UK lags behind other OECD countries in its… Read more »

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The shadow chancellor has been accused of making false accusations by senior Treasury officials.
Mandarins voice fury at Osborne allegations

By politics.co.uk staff The shadow chancellor has been accused of making false accusations by senior Treasury officials after he implied that they had broken the law and collaborated with Labour in a taxation cover-up. In an unprecedented move, senior civil servants – who are sworn to political impartiality – voiced anger at the allegations and… Read more »

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Lib Dems have called for tough criminal sanctions against those MPs caught breaking rules on allowances.
Lib Dems back expenses reform

By politics.co.uk staff Lib Dems have called for tough criminal sanctions against those MPs caught breaking rules on allowances. During a vote at the party conference in Bournemouth, delegates voted for all MPs who “deliberately broke the rules” to be subject to investigation and – where justified – criminal prosecution. “We have an opportunity to… Read more »