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Successful amendment to Sentience Bill reassures those who work with animals

he new Animal Sentience Committee will now have to respect cultural traditions, religion, and heritage when scrutinising government policy following a successful amendment, which has been supported by BASC, to the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill. A group of 31 MPs proposed an amendment accepted by the government at the report stage of the Animal Welfare (Sentience)… Read more »

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Ruger named top dog at Crufts

Flat-coated retriever Ruger was crowned overall winner of the BASC Gamekeepers’ classes at Crufts 2022. The Best in Show – Gamekeepers’ Ring winner Ruger – or Satinbaze Cracksman For Blacktoft to give him his full name, is owned by Helen Fox and was handled throughout the day and evening by her daughter, Megan. After a… Read more »

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Lib Dems warn of house price crash
Brown ‘cannot avoid blame’ for house price crash

Gordon Brown will not be able to avoid the political fallout from a house-price cash, the Liberal Democrats claimed today. Vince Cable, Lib Dem acting leader and economics spokesman, warned a housing market crash has become a real possibility in the UK, as the country prepares to feel the effects of the transatlantic credit crunch…. Read more »

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Yvette Cooper and Gordon Brown set out £9 billion plans
Ministers set out vision for Thames Gateway

The government has set out how it plans to deliver the Thames Gateway project by 2016. Housing minister Yvette Cooper and Gordon Brown today published the Thames Gateway Development Plan, outlining how £9 billion will be invested. A number of government departments will contribute to the redevelopment of the Thames Gateway, which stretches for 40… Read more »