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BASC and Natural England meet to talk wildfowling

BASC has recently organised three Introduction to Wildfowling workshops for Natural England (NE) staff. The events were aimed at equipping NE staff with the knowledge and understanding of wildfowling which would ultimately help them make informed, pragmatic consenting decisions on protected and designated sites. More than 40 NE staff, as well as members of local… Read more »

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Eat Game Awards raises record funds for charity

Eat Game is delighted to announce that this year’s Eat Game Awards raised a record amount of donations for the Country Food Trust. The awards, which took place last week, raised £2,255 for the charity, which was once again selected as our charity of the year. With the Eat Game Awards celebrating the contributions of… Read more »

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Ted Cantle claims MPs are completely disconnected from voters
MPs living ‘parallel lives’

By Alex Stevenson MPs are as separated from the electorate as the communities in Oldham were before the 2001 race riots, a community cohesion expert has claimed. Ted Cantle, who was tasked with reporting on the Oldham race riots for the government, argued in a comment piece for politics.co.uk that MPs who regarded constituents as… Read more »

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Ted Cantle is executive chair of the Institute of Community Cohesion at Coventry University
Comment: What expenses and race riots have in common

The sense of separation has been growing for some considerable time. MPs are now rarely representative of anyone or anything but their own political class. By Ted Cantle I used the idea of ‘parallel lives’ in the Cantle report to government in 2001 on the race riots in the north of England to illustrate how… Read more »