Human Rights
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 Four out of five people believe British freedoms are being eroded by the government, according to a new poll released today. In response to the statement ‘our freedoms are being eroded by a Big Brother state’, 45 per cent of respondents answered ‘strongly agree’ while 34 per cent said they ‘somewhat agree’…. Read more »
By Ian Dunt The privacy commissioner has demanded chief constables justify the existence of a secret database on protestors. The news follows revelations in yesterday’s Guardian newspaper that police maintained a secret nationwide database of those monitoring people attending demonstrations. Police said they were assessing whether people were “domestic extremists”, but opponents say the term… Read more »
