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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has published its inaugural assessment of the Natural Capital benefits of shooting. Natural Capital can be defined as the sum of financial and social benefits we get from our natural environment. This concept has increasingly shaped both international and national environmental policies and is at the core… Read more »
Responding to a report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman into complaints about cancer care, Dr Udvitha Nandasoma, Medical Defence Union (MDU) head of advisory services said: “The report by England’s NHS Ombudsman of outcomes for cancer patients is yet more evidence of the unsustainable pressure on NHS staff. Our members working in the NHS are… Read more »
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Chagos islanders have lost their right to return home after law lords overturned a previous judgement in their favour. Peers backed a government appeal against an earlier court of appeal ruling that said the 2,000 Chagossians could resettle the island, which was leased to the US in the 1960s. “This is a devastating verdict for… Read more »
A government-backed reform to Britain’s electoral rules due to be debated in the Commons today has provoked accusations of election rigging from the Conservatives. “The Labour party is so desperate to cling on to power they are attempting to gerrymander the election, by rigging election rules in their favour,” said shadow Cabinet Office minister Francis… Read more »
