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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 »

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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David Cameron has been accused of presiding over a party in disarray after another frontbencher criticised his policy on grammar schools. Furthermore, he appears to have slipped into a U-turn – saying more grammar schools could be built 16 days after he started a Tory row by insisting there would be no more grammar schools…. Read more »

The Conservatives have positioned themselves as the natural heirs to Tony Blair, pledging to continue the Labour leader’s reforms of hospitals and schools. The increasingly centrist Tory party are using Mr Blair’s departure to warn of a “lurch to the left” in the Labour party. Speaking in London, the shadow chancellor George Osborn pointed to… Read more »




