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 The government’s plans for higher education will see universities facing “an era of survival of the fittest” as they deal with huge financial risk, a union has warned. The University and Colleges Union (UCU) has released a report, just one day before the crunch vote on fees in the Commons, showing vulnerabilities… Read more »
By Peter Wozniak Gordon Brown has spoken of banks’ ‘chronic recklessness’ in extracts from his new book. The former prime minister’s work, entitled ‘Beyond the Crash’, is currently being serialised in the Guardian – and reveals he felt “misled” over the weaknesses in the Royal Bank of Scotland, now owned predominantly by the taxpayer. In… Read more »
