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“Outright ban” on snares will have devastating consequences for biodiversity and the Welsh countryside, warns BASC

Banning snares including modern humane cable restraints in Wales will remove an essential conservation tool and could result in local extinctions, the UK’s largest shooting and conservation organisation has warned. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), which has its head office in north Wales, is now calling on the Welsh Government to rethink proposed… Read more »

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Businesses must invest in midlife and older workers to unlock economic growth, says think tank Phoenix Insights

Phoenix Insights, the think tank addressing the challenge of longer lives, is calling on businesses to boost economic growth by supporting lifelong learning opportunities among mid and late-career workers, including giving clearer job and career progression assurances for those who retrain Never Too Late to Learn report says UK lags behind other OECD countries in its… Read more »

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Brown defends government's action on Northern Rock
Brown attacks opponents over inconsistent policies

Gordon Brown refuted suggestions today he had delayed taking action over Northern Rock because the Labour government was preparing for a November general election. The prime minister denied he had been advised to push for an immediate sale when the lender first ran into difficulties in September. He also rejected the claim Lloyd’s TSB had… Read more »

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Nick Clegg told activists he wanted to "radically" shrink central govt
Clegg eyes schools shake-up

A new generation of schools freed from the restrictions of central government oversight should be created, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg believes. In his first major speech to Britain’s third party since replacing Sir Menzies Campbell as leader Mr Clegg concentrated on education to outline ways he believes liberalism can re-seize the UK’s political agenda…. Read more »