<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/utility/feedstylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Government u-turn on compulsory dog insurance</title><link>/b/veterinary-nursing-news/posts/74879</link><description> The Government has been forced to scrap plans for compulsory dog insurance less than a two weeks since they were revealed in leaked Defra documents . 
 Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has now ruled out the idea. 
 Apparently, the climbdown followed</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 10</generator><item><title>RE: Government u-turn on compulsory dog insurance</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/b/veterinary-nursing-news/posts/74879</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:41:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:b042958e-3f28-4d9f-8020-8d4ff950ca88</guid><dc:creator>Sal the 1st</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;I suppose they cant afford to upset too many people - with election looming, any other ime and they wouldnt have given it a second thought and would have gone straight through. I suppose we should be thankful it only took two weeks and the initial cost of research before they abandoned it. Does make me wonder how many pre election promises will be ditched just as quickly once the election is over&lt;/p&gt;
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