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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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Ed Miliband: No lurch to the left
Miliband: No lurch to the left

By politics.co.uk staff Labour will not turn radically to the left under Ed Miliband’s leadership, he has insisted. Concerns about the direction of the party were raised when it was revealed he secured the position due to his overwhelming support from union members. Asked whether he deserved the tag ‘Red Ed’ on the Andrew Marr… Read more »

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Comment: Ed Miliband is more dangerous than they think

Moving left isn’t the problem it used to be. The new Labour leader is the right man in the right place at the right time. By Ian Dunt There’s a lot of nonsense being talked about Ed Miliband this evening. He’s Red Ed, too far to the left. He’s too geeky to be elected. If… Read more »