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![Enable Sunday trading laws to be suspended during major flooding, says think tank](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CXM72J-1024x683.jpg)
![Jeremy Corbyn's questioning was "relevant, informed and difficult for Cameron to respond to"](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14116003_1200-1024x499.png)
![Flooded: Oxfam warns climate change means poor will be worst affected](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_7006278_1200-1024x1024.jpg)
![Labour goes on the offensive over flooding, again](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14000640_1200-1024x684.jpg)
![A couple wade along a flooded road near Egham, west of London, yesterday.](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14099417_1200-1024x686.jpg)
![Caroline Lucas: 'Nature is giving us a wake-up call'](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_7077776_1200-1-1024x770.jpg)
![Cameron: Flooding defences in trouble after rash promise](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14086090_1200-6-1024x845.jpg)
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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has been granted permission by the High Court to bring a judicial review of Defra’s decision to withdraw the general licence (GL43) that allowed the release of gamebirds in certain areas of England. BASC’s ‘Fighting Fund’ is being used to support the High Court challenge. BASC chief executive Ian… Read more »
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Long overdue legislation setting out the regulatory framework for physician assistants (PAs) and anaesthesia assistants (AAs) has been published today. Commenting on the legislation, Dr Michael Devlin, head of professional standards and liaison at the MDU said: “This important piece of legislation not only introduces much needed regulation for PAs and AAs, it will also be… Read more »
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There is something deeply un-British about our politicians’ response to the floods.
![Cameron tries to get on the front foot over flooding](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14093963_1200-2-1024x688.jpg)
David Cameron tries to assure voters he is taking control of the flooding emergency, with a rare press conference in Downing Street in which he pledges that “money is no object”
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!["Coupled with the coalition government’s cutbacks on improvements to flood defences, David Cameron has managed to create the perfect storm for homeowners in the UK," according to Chris Ruane, MP for Vale of Clwyd.](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_2595_1200-696x1024.jpg)
![Gavin Shuker MP is shadow minister for floods and water.](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_7074358_1200-1024x1024.jpg)
![Gavin Shuker MP is the shadow flooding minister](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_7074358_1200-2-1024x1024.jpg)
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![Friends of the Earth: Reforms allowing floodplain construction must be dropped](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14033258_1200-1-731x1024.jpg)
![MPs: Flooding responsibility question-marks are unacceptable](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_1419_1200-1-683x1024.jpg)
![Insurers: Safety net needed for flooding risk](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_3628_1200-1024x819.jpg)