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Ahead of tomorrow’s Stage 1 debate in the Scottish Parliament, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has warned that the Natural Environment Bill poses several risks to the balance of deer management in Scotland. BASC has briefed MSPs on its main concerns and is urging a rethink of proposals that could undermine effective… Read more »
The House of Lords Select Committee for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has just announced its final oral witnesses, and it will not hear from terminally ill individuals or those who have assisted loved ones to die. Clare Turner, a terminally ill person, and Louise Shackleton, who accompanied her husband to Switzerland… Read more »
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With less than a week to go until Londoners choose their next mayor incumbent Ken Livingstone has won a lead in the latest poll. The survey of 1,010 adults in London carried out on Wednesday and Thursday by Ipsos Mori handed Mr Livingstone a four-point lead over main challenger Boris Johnson. According to the poll… Read more »
Conservative London mayoral candidate Boris Johnson has insisted he will not change neighbourhood policing teams after pressure from Labour. Comments in the Local Government Chronicle newspaper from the Tories’ leader on the London Assembly, Richard Barnes, had suggested the Conservatives may consider cutting neighbourhood policing in the capital’s safest areas. Home secretary Jacqui Smith jumped… Read more »
