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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has welcomed the decision by the Court of Appeal to dismiss legal challenges by the RSPB and Mark Avery into Natural England’s research into hen harrier brood management. In confirming the trial brood management scheme is legal, the courts have for a second time dismissed the RSPB… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) is calling on the government to take concerted action to prevent and reduce violence against healthcare staff. In an article published in the MDU journal, which examines cases reported by members, the UK’s leading medical defence organisation found that only a handful of doctors and other healthcare professionals seek advice each… Read more »
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The extent of the donations scandal afflicting Labour has widened after fresh allegations concerning Cabinet minister Alan Johnson emerged. A newspaper claimed on Sunday the health secretary’s campaign team had accepted a proxy donation worth £3,334 during his unsuccessful 2007 bid to become the party’s deputy leader. The claims come days after work and pensions… Read more »
Labour has knocked four points off the Conservative party’s lead but still trail by eight per cent in an opinion poll out today. The Daily Telegraph/YouGov survey put Gordon Brown’s Labour on 33 per cent and the Tories on 41 per cent, leaving the prime minister still struggling to win public support. Meanwhile the Liberal… Read more »
