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Lead ammunition call for evidence launches

BASC will be responding to a call for evidence launched by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on lead ammunition. The call for evidence forms part of a government review into the impact of lead ammunition on the environment, wildlife and people. The HSE’s call for evidence, launched this week, is one of a series… Read more »

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BFAWU to recall Conference

Today the Labour Party has made a clear statement of intent in its aspiration to repair its relationship with the bosses but seems to be determined to widen the divide between the representatives of labour and those our movement represent. The recent decision to proscribe organisations is seen as a divisive and a purely factional… Read more »

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The Welsh AM was stripped of his chairmanship of the National Assembly committee
Welsh AM in trouble over drunken abuse

By politics.co.uk staff Welsh AM Mick Bates has been stripped of his chairmanship of the National Assembly committee after he allegedly verbally abused hospital staff. Mr Bates, 62, Liberal Democrat AM for Montgomeryshire, was admitted to hospital after he fell on the street and hit his head in the early hours of the morning. An… Read more »

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The three expenses MPs are no longer part of Labour party
Labour turn back on expenses MPs

By politics.co.uk staff Cabinet ministers have made clear the three MPs facing prosecution over their expenses claims should not use parliamentary privilege for their defence. Elliot Morley, David Chaytor and Jim Devine will be charged under the Theft Act as the Crown Prosecution Service seeks the first criminal convictions from the scandal. Peer Lord Hanningfield… Read more »