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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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Gordon Brown is unlikely to face any serious opposition for the Labour leadership when Tony Blair steps down, a cabinet minister has acknowledged. Northern Ireland secretary Peter Hain said that although the chancellor himself had said he would like a contest, he was the “natural successor” to the prime minister. Left-winger John McDonnell has declared… Read more »
David Cameron is the most “anti-European Tory leader” ever and his opposition to the EU means he will never live up to his environmental image, Ed Balls has said. The economic secretary to the Treasury, who is also Gordon Brown’s closest aide, attacked the Conservatives for promising to be the greenest party but rejecting the… Read more »
