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BASC response to threatened ban on driven grouse shooting

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 »

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MDU urges government not to back track on clinical negligence reform

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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Comment: Johnson’s empty speech

The Cameron/Osborne orthodoxy is dangerous and extreme. It demands a better response than what Johnson had to offer today. By Ian Dunt Politics is all about timing. Stalin wrong-footed Trotsky on the date of Lenin’s funeral so he could pose as chief mourner, to spectacular effect. Thatcher’s electoral prospects were saved by the Argentinean junta’s… Read more »

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Johnson: We will set out a clear alternative
Johnson speech in full

Read Alan Johnson’s first major speech as shadow chancellor, in full. “Alistair Darling took this country through the most devastating global economic crisis since the Great Depression. He did it with skill and integrity and I am proud to succeed him as Shadow Chancellor. Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition is under new management with a leader… Read more »