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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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Foreign secretary James Cleverly is meeting senior members of the Chinese government in Beijing amid questions in the UK and from within the Conservative party over the government’s approach to the country. Mr Cleverly is holding talks with senior Chinese officials, including minister of foreign affairs Wang Yi and vice president Han Zheng, on issues… Read more »



With the Bank of England set to raise interest rates for the 13th time in a row later today, James Cleverly has insisted that the “idea that we should consciously be going into a recession” is not subscribed to by anyone in government. Mr Cleverly, the foreign secretary, insisted to Sky News that the Bank of England… Read more »




















