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During last night’s late night sitting in the House of Lords, running beyond 2am, peers voted to allow women to continue to access abortion services at home. Prior to Covid, women were required to attend a clinic in person to access abortion pills. But since then, they have been able to receive the pills by post. The… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has committed to contributing £75,000 towards Natural England’s hen harrier recovery work over the next three years, via its Legacy Fund. Three annual payments of £25,000 will aid Natural England’s objectives of winter roost monitoring, support and education around diversionary feeding, and the southern reintroduction of the species. The three-year agreement follows… Read more »
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The government has renewed its commitment to ending rough sleeping as far as possible. Housing minister Iain Wright has announced a new action plan to bring the number of people sleeping rough to as close to zero as practically possible. Homelessness charities have welcomed the commitment, which renews a stalled pledge made by former prime… Read more »
The housing market is at the beginning of a housing crisis, one of parliament’s most respected MPs on the economy has warned. The warning follows news from the Halifax that house prices fell 2.5 per cent last March, as the correction in UK house prices appears to gather pace. Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat spokesman on… Read more »
