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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 »
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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Labour is considering introducing community hustings for its parliamentary candidates to help promote the party’s views to a wider range of voters. Party chairwoman Hazel Blears stressed this was not the same as the US-style primaries being introduced by David Cameron’s Conservatives. But she told a fringe meeting at the TUC in Brighton yesterday: “Having… Read more »
Gordon Brown last night backed Tony Blair’s programme of public service reform, and made clear he would not stop if he became prime minister. Mr Blair was heckled and booed as he tried to defend his reforms to the TUC in Brighton yesterday afternoon, with some members of the RMT walking out. But later, at… Read more »
