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BASC warns Natural Environment Bill poses risks to deer management
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 »
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Terminally Ill Adults Select Committee won’t hear from the terminally ill
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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Nationality and Borders Act ‘undermines’ refugee law, says UNHCR representative
A number of expert of UK and international asylum policy gave evidence to joint committee on human rights on Wednesday. Vickey Tennant, a representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, criticised the UK’s Nationality and Borders Act saying: “We believe that the approach that is set out in the Act undermines refugee law and… Read more »
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The issue isn’t demand, its the lack of scope to deal with that demand, says the Royal College of Emergency Medicine
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NI Protocol resolution should not ‘bypass’ unionists, says former Taoiseach Ahern
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Jones warns Royal Mail CEO not to ‘mislead parliament’
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Mini-budget risk premium ‘pretty much gone’ but some investors still need ‘convincing’, says Bailey
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Lynch accuses the government of ‘daft’ approach to industrial dispute
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Increasing bankers’ base wages was not our aim, says Griffith on repealing the bonus cap
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No evidence of ‘levelling up’ in Liverpool, says local MP
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Families scream at paramedics for delays, when they are the least to blame, say GMB Union
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Raab suggests Bill of Rights will ‘enhance the human rights of asylum seekers’
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Metro mayors call for more levelling up action from government
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Transport secretary not drawn over whether the government ‘scuppered’ deal with rail union
