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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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By politics.co.uk staff A High Court judge rejected campaigners’ claims that the June Budget broke equality laws and deserved a judicial review. The Fawcett Society had previously had a written application in August for judicial review rejected, but hoped today’s oral application would meet with more success. The campaigning group insists that the elements contained… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Mike Hancock has stood by his former researcher, now facing deportation for alleged links with Russian intelligence services, 11 months after defending her employment to politics.co.uk. The Portsmouth South MP’s employment of 25-year-old Katia Zatuliveter hit the headlines after home secretary Theresa May backed her deportation on suspicion of espionage links with… Read more »