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BASC welcomes review of habitat management course

The announcement that the new T Level responsible for educating future gamekeepers and land managers has been paused to reassess its specialist course structure has been warmly welcomed by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). The new course, Habitat management (land and water), has been earmarked to replace the current land & wildlife… Read more »

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Plans to limit legal fees in dental claims a welcome first step says DDU

Plans to limit legal fees in dental claims a welcome first step says DDU Responding to the publication of a government consultation on limiting claimant’s legal fees for cases valued up to £25,000, John Makin, head of the DDU, said: “This consultation has been a long time coming and is a welcome first step. However, for a… Read more »

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Peter Hain faces more criticism
Hain’s DWP faces national insurance criticism

The government is investigating whether it has mistakenly issued thousands of illegal immigrants with national insurance numbers. Last year it emerged over 6,600 non-EU workers had been cleared for jobs after being issued national insurance numbers. And yesterday’s Channel 4 News claimed 900,000 national insurance numbers were given out between January 2004 and April 2007… Read more »

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Liam Byrne sets out new immigration targets
Govt fingerprinting all visa applicants

Nearly 500 people have been caught lying about their identity to immigration officials since the government began checking the fingerprints of visa applicants. One person applying for a visa under a Lebanese passport was refused entry to the UK after it was discovered they had early applied for asylum as a Palestinian national. A Zambian… Read more »