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BASC Scotland has reinforced its calls for a community deer management pilot scheme in light of a new round of Scottish government deer contracts. The Scottish government agency responsible for managing publicly-owned forestry – Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) – has announced plans to cull a fifth of Scotland’s wild deer population over the next… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) says it is extremely worrying that the amount of money earmarked to cover the total cost of clinical negligence claims (including both including IBNR and PPOs) against the NHS in England has risen to £128.6 billion. This is an increase on the previous year’s figure of £85.2 billion and the… Read more »
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Tony Blair today promised to dedicate his last few months as prime minister to work for a Middle East peace deal, as he sought to justify his foreign policy to his party. Many Labour members were alienated by the Iraq war and the decision to stand shoulder to shoulder with US president George Bush in… Read more »
Tony Blair’s final Labour conference address as party leader was described as “the speech of a lifetime” by delegates in Manchester today. “You need that kind of inspirational speech to actually motivate and I think he did a remarkable job,” said Nottingham councillor Malcolm Wood. He told politics.co.uk that the wide-ranging speech, in which Mr… Read more »
