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BASC sets out positions for lead ammunition consultation

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 »

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Government Food Strategy slammed as “wholly inadequate” by campaigners warning of a “national food emergency”

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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Analysis: What the free schools defeat means for the Lib Dem leadership

The first ‘coalition conference’ is anything but, as the first major defeat for the Lib Dem leadership shows. By Alex Stevenson Instead of uniting behind the government’s agenda the Liberal Democrats appear determined to use their week in the limelight to highlight the differences between their policies and those of their ministers. Schools minister Sarah… Read more »

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Lib Dems rebel over free schools

By Alex Stevenson Liberal Democrat activists have defeated their leadership over coalition plans for free schools and academies. In the first major act of rebellion at the autumn conference voters clearly rejected schools minister Sarah Teather’s attempt to water down a motion stating that “conference is concerned by the establishment of academies and free schools… Read more »