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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The transport secretary Geoff Hoon claimed expenses for his constituency home while letting out his London flat and living in a Whitehall apartment. Mr Hoon lived in a rent-free Whitehall residence while in his former post as defence secretary while the London flat registered as his “main residence” was let out to a private tenant…. Read more »
The Treasury was wrong in its predictions of the severity of the recession, chancellor Alistair Darling has admitted. “It’s worse than we thought,” he told the Sunday Times newspaper in an interview ahead of the Budget announcement on April 22nd. The chancellor is expected to predict a 3 per cent shrinking of the UK economy… Read more »
