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BASC was pleased to host the Secretary of State for Defra, Steve Barclay, at the inaugural Northern Gamekeepers’ Conference on Friday 8 March in the historic grounds of the Swinton Estate in Masham, North Yorkshire. The main hall at the Swinton Park Hotel was standing room only as gamekeepers from across the north of England… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has issued a letter to Jim Fairlie, Scotland’s Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, urging for further amendments to be made at the final stage of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill. It comes as the Bill nears the final stage of a debate on March 19… Read more »
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Nine MPs representing constituencies from across Britain give their take on Alistair Darling’s Budget. Julian Brazier – Conservative MP for Canterbury and Whitstable No government in the history of this country has ever allowed the government’s finances to run out of control in this way. The key thing is they are admitting now to more… Read more »
Papers have reacted angrily to what some are calling a ‘return to Old Labour’. By politics.co.uk staff The chancellor yesterday had to deliver a Budget in the worst economic circumstances since the second world war. With few surprises – the largest being the 50 per cent top rate of income tax – the papers have… Read more »