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 and Ian Dunt The City’s bankers found themselves £800 million worse off this morning after chancellor George Osborne unexpectedly hiked taxes. The bank levy, a permanent annual tax rather than a windfall levy, was originally being phased in to the full 0.075% rate. This morning Mr Osborne scrapped the incremental rate with… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Nine Liberal Democrat MPs have called on the coalition to "reconsider" its plans to sell off the country's forests. In the first signs of dissent on the government's backbenches, a Commons motion tabled by Lib Dem Greg Mulholland expressed concern that a planned consultation would be "genuine". The early day motion highlights… Read more »