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The songs of moorland bird species have been recorded in the Calderdale area as part of a new campaign to provide their unique sounds to local care homes. The Moorland Chorus recording will be used as a therapeutic tool for those no longer able to easily access the uplands. Organised by the British Association for Shooting and… Read more »
The House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee has published the report of its inquiry into NHS litigation reform. The Medical Defence Union (MDU) engaged closely with this inquiry, submitting written evidence. The MDU welcomes the publication of today’s report but cautioned against too much focus on fundamental and complex structural change, at… Read more »
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The government must consider building on the greenbelt if it is to meet its house building targets, a think-tank claims. Despite government optimism, the Social Market Foundation (SMF) warns existing brownbelt land will not support the planned three million new homes. Instead the government must be prepared to relax restrictions on the greenbuilt. If houses… Read more »
Housing minister Yvette Cooper today promised to deliver housing for the many and not just the few. Unveiling the government’s housing green paper, Ms Cooper said “without further action housing will become one of the greatest sources of social inequality in the next 20 years”. The government plans a three-pronged strategy for combating the housing… Read more »
