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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 Alex Stevenson Intelligence used to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq has been dismissed as “tittle-tattle” by John Prescott. The former deputy prime minister told the Iraq inquiry that the joint intelligence committee’s recommendations were “frankly wrong” by 2004 because they had been “built too much on a little information”. “That was my impression… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff David Miliband continues to hold off his brother Ed Miliband in the race for the Labour leadership, a poll suggests. Research by YouGov put the shadow foreign secretary’s share of the electoral college at 37%, compared to 29% for the shadow energy and climate change secretary. Diane Abbott and Andy Burnham stood… Read more »