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General News
MoD: The Prime Minister has announced to Parliament plans to buy 140 additional Mastiff vehicles to enhance the mobility & protection afforded to UK troops on operations in Iraq & Afghanistan. Mastiff is the UK variant of US Force Protection Inc's Cougar vehicle. NP Aerospace in Coventry integrate & up-armour the Cougars to create the finished Mastiff vehicle.
Defra: Secretary of State for the Environment, Hilary Benn has announced a package of support, worth £12.5m for farmers in England affected by the current movement restrictions in place to control Foot & Mouth Disease.
This package of assistance for farmers includes a contribution of up to £1m to the Arthur Rank Centre for disbursement to farming charities, which provide advice and practical & emotional support to farming families.
Press release ~ Full text of the statement ~ Defra – F&M ~ Nitrate Vulnerable Zones ~ National Fallen Stock Company ~ Arthur Rank Centre
DfT: The government has announced that Sir Joseph Pilling will be leading the strategic review of the UK's aviation regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The decision to hold a review was set out in March 2007, in the Government's response to the House of Commons Transport Committee inquiry into the CAA's work.
The review will consider the structure, scope and organisation of the CAA with a view to ensuring that the UK's arrangements for aviation regulation and policy making are fit for purpose and able to meet current & future challenges.
The review will take account of the Eddington Transport Study, the Stern Report, best practice in corporate governance and the regulatory framework which now exists in the EU with the creation of the European Aviation Safety Agency and Single European Sky.
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