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BASC sets out positions for lead ammunition consultation

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) will be challenging many of the restriction proposals put forward by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on the use and sale of lead ammunition for outdoor recreational shooting in England, Scotland and Wales. Following detailed analysis of the HSE evidence and proposals, BASC has produced positions… Read more »

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Government Food Strategy slammed as “wholly inadequate” by campaigners warning of a “national food emergency”

The Food and Work Network – a coalition of academics, public health professionals, trade unionists and community activists based at Birkbeck College, University of London – today slammed as “wholly inadequate” the Government’s Food Strategy,  arguing that “it’s time to declare a National Food Emergency” to reflect the gravity of the situation. The Network has… Read more »

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More than half of immigrants from new EU states to UK in 2004 have already returned home, thinktank claims
European migrants ‘leaving UK’

The majority of immigrants to the UK from new EU member states have already returned home, a thinktank said on Wednesday. According to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), the rate of immigration to Britain from the most recent EU member states is slowing. Workers from Poland, who are now the largest foreign national… Read more »

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Minority women on political outskirts?
Don’t forget women, London campaigns urged

The upcoming London mayoral election reflects wider problems about women’s involvement in politics, a woman’s rights campaign group says. A recent Ipsos Mori poll carried out for the Observer newspaper on April 8th and 9th found one-third of women had yet to decide how to vote. Fawcett Society director Dr Katherine Rake says this shows… Read more »