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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) will be challenging many of the restriction proposals put forward by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on the use and sale of lead ammunition for outdoor recreational shooting in England, Scotland and Wales. Following detailed analysis of the HSE evidence and proposals, BASC has produced positions… Read more »
The Food and Work Network – a coalition of academics, public health professionals, trade unionists and community activists based at Birkbeck College, University of London – today slammed as “wholly inadequate” the Government’s Food Strategy, arguing that “it’s time to declare a National Food Emergency” to reflect the gravity of the situation. The Network has… Read more »
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By Marina Kim More than 40 headteachers are backing Labour to continuing investment in schools. In a letter to the Guardian 48 headteachers expressed concern over “the flight from consensus” in education bill debates last week saying it could damage “a number of guarantees for children, including the right to one-to-one tuition. We see these… Read more »
By Richard Chidwick Conservative candidate in Kingston and Surbiton, Helen Whately has accused the constituency’s Liberal Democrat MP of scare-mongering about hospital ward closures. Ed Davey, the Lib Dem MP is running a Save Kingston hospital campaign on his website and claims that his party would prevent the closure. Despite discussions in parliament, no plans… Read more »
