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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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The prime minister has said he is “not aware of any unhappiness” in the intelligence community about the decision to drop a corruption probe into a Saudi arms deal. Reports in today’s Guardian claim the head of MI6, John Scarlett, is refusing to sign off a document saying his organisation backed the decision to drop… Read more »
New Labour’s good intentions in foreign policy have turned to “dust”, former home secretary Charles Clarke has warned. He said that despite Tony Blair’s promises ten years ago, Britain was now isolated in Europe, had failed to live up to its moral posturing and had undermined its own commitment to nuclear non-proliferation. “Despite its important… Read more »
