Help the Hunt Sabs stop secret summer mink murder on our rivers

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Help the Hunt Sabs stop secret summer mink murder on our rivers

Illegal mink and otter hunts are quietly decimating our river ecosystems all over the UK. And I cannot believe I just had to write that. Secretive, twisted bloodsport groups are currently exploiting the summer months to dodge public scrutiny. The Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA) is issuing an urgent appeal to all of us to help expose and stop these disgusting underground networks. So, the Canary is calling on our readers to help the Hunt Sabs. Terrorising our waterways The summer hunting season runs from April to October, and it sees hunters taking to our waterways. Too impatient to wait until winter…

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Labour’s summer cost of living policies reduce it to the Groupon administration

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Labour’s summer cost of living policies reduce it to the Groupon administration

Labour has announced some cost of living policies that treat voters as children. Rather than any significant economic strategy for real change, the ruling party is offering voters temporary gimmicks like no import tariffs on chocolate and biscuits for the summer. Instead, Labour could deliver cost price essentials such as water, energy and telecomms to significantly reduce costs for every person and business. Labour — The gimmicks It’s almost laughable. This is the Groupon administration. As well as cutting costs for supermarkets on trivial items, the ruling party is cutting VAT on summer days out for families from 20% to 5%.…

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Unions welcome ‘Summer Savings’ plan but want it to go further

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Unions welcome ‘Summer Savings’ plan but want it to go further

Trade unions have offered a guarded welcome to the government’s ‘Summer Savings’ plans. These include several measures which aim to ease summer holiday expense for families with children. Labour affiliated transport union TSSA has welcomed as an ‘important first step’ the government’s introduction of free bus travel for under-16s in England across August. This was part a series of measures that chancellor Rachel Reeves outlined, called ‘Great British Summer Savings’. It also includes a temporary reduction in VAT across Scotland, England and Wales from June to September. The reduction applies to admission tickets for family shows and attractions and children’s menu…

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