Applications for BASC’s legacy funded scholarship programme aimed at supporting further education opportunities in conservation, land management and gamekeeping have opened for the 2022 intake. The scholarship is directed at assisting students wanting to progress their education in the land management sector. Scholarships this year are in memory of Mr Herbert Heywood, who kindly left… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has raised the importance of recognising the challenges faced by gamekeepers and the physical and mental health benefits of shooting within the Environment Food Rural Affairs (EFRA) committee’s mental health inquiry. The wide-ranging inquiry launched in November 2021 will set out recommendations about how the government can… Read more »
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Menzies Campbell has admitted he would “like to do better” during prime minister’s questions (PMQs), following another lacklustre performance in the Commons yesterday. But the Liberal Democrat leader insisted that if he did not think he could deal with the challenges of his position, in particular the weekly round of verbal jousting with the prime… Read more »
The Home Office has come under fire yet again after it was revealed that 1,500 UK passports that should have been returned to their owners have gone missing. The news, revealed in a parliamentary answer to the Scottish National party (SNP), comes the day after the department prompted outrage by admitting it did not know… Read more »
