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BASC sets out positions for lead ammunition consultation

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 »

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Government Food Strategy slammed as “wholly inadequate” by campaigners warning of a “national food emergency”

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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Blair: We must hold firm

The embattled prime minister, Tony Blair, has today issued a rallying call at a conference to party activists, urging them to “face up to the tough challenges” of the future. He told the National Policy Forum (NPF) that it was more important than ever before to stand firmly in belief of the party’s policies that… Read more »

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Neither Labour or the Tories had a good night at the polls
Bad night at the polls for Labour and Tories

Labour has failed to win back the formerly safe seat of Blaenau Gwent, as it again fell to independents. Dai Davies, the agent of the constituency’s former MP, Peter Law, whose death prompted the by-election, comfortably secured more votes than Labour’s Owen Smith. In a separate by-election in Bromley and Chislehurst Labour finished fourth, but… Read more »