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Ahead of tomorrow’s Stage 1 debate in the Scottish Parliament, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has warned that the Natural Environment Bill poses several risks to the balance of deer management in Scotland. BASC has briefed MSPs on its main concerns and is urging a rethink of proposals that could undermine effective… Read more »
The House of Lords Select Committee for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has just announced its final oral witnesses, and it will not hear from terminally ill individuals or those who have assisted loved ones to die. Clare Turner, a terminally ill person, and Louise Shackleton, who accompanied her husband to Switzerland… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk The Conservatives have announced a new programme designed to use the 700,000 currently empty homes in England for social housing. Conservative leader David Cameron said they would temporarily relax the rules and regulations currently in place to allow the affordable housing sector to make use of empty buildings. “At this incredibly difficult time,… Read more »
By Blaine Williams A government scheme to open 200 bail hostels in residential areas around the country purposely avoids public scrutiny, the media and local councillors, a leaked memo has suggested. The scheme, which sets up temporary accommodation for criminal suspects who would have been reprimanded in custody, is being run by the private company… Read more »
