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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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The government’s determination to roll out pension credits has been at the expense of other measures that could better tackle pensioner poverty, a new report warns. Research by the National Audit Office (NAO) finds while increasing take-up of pensions credit by ten per cent would lift up to 107,000 people out of poverty, doing the… Read more »
The government has today unveiled a radical shake-up of the pensions system, with an increase in the retirement age and new ways to make people save for their old age. Tony Blair said the pensions white paper would create “something that lasts not just for this generation, but for generations to come”, and insisted it… Read more »
