Party Politics
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) is urging supporters of sustainable shooting to take immediate action in response to a petition by Wild Justice calling for a ban on grouse shooting. Many newly elected MPs may be unfamiliar with the environmental, social and economic benefits sustainable grouse shooting delivers, leaving them open to… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has called on the government to press ahead with long promised reforms aimed at controlling the costs of clinical negligence cases. In written evidence to the House of Commons public accounts committee into NHS financial sustainability the MDU explains that the government must introduce legal reforms to the current clinical negligence system… Read more »
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By Ian Dunt The chancellor made a determined bid to brighten up the government’s economic message today, with a promise that it could remain progressive despite spending cuts. In a sign that the coalition is becoming increasingly concerned at the way it is being associated almost entirely with the cuts agenda, George Osborne looked ahead… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson A rehabilitation centre for wounded service personnel is set to receive all the money Tony Blair makes from his upcoming memoirs. A spokesman for the former prime minister said Mr Blair would sacrifice all royalties earned on A Journey, which is due out next month, as well as the £4.6 million advance… Read more »
