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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) is urging supporters of sustainable shooting to take immediate action in response to a petition by Wild Justice calling for a ban on grouse shooting. Many newly elected MPs may be unfamiliar with the environmental, social and economic benefits sustainable grouse shooting delivers, leaving them open to… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has called on the government to press ahead with long promised reforms aimed at controlling the costs of clinical negligence cases. In written evidence to the House of Commons public accounts committee into NHS financial sustainability the MDU explains that the government must introduce legal reforms to the current clinical negligence system… Read more »
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Police in Britain could be granted new powers to stop and question people under new anti-terror legislation being weighed up by the government. The move would see stringent police powers in Northern Ireland extended across the country, allowing officers to quiz individuals on their identity and their movements, without suspecting that a crime has or… Read more »
The home secretary said control orders will be reviewed in light of their latest failings. However, in a move unlikely to appease critics, he has called for a solution that gives more concern for “national security”. Criticising both the constraints imposed by parliament and the courts and the limitations of control orders he complained: “Under… Read more »
