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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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Prime Minister Tony Blair and Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern today will discuss the possibility of elections at the Northern Ireland Assembly. Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams and the Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble are expected to join the PM and Irish Taioseach at Downing Street. Secretary of State Paul Murphy, Justice Minister Michael McDowell and… Read more »
In an interview in The Times today, Prime Minister Tony Blair sets out his stall for maintaining a lower tax, high productivity British economy. The PM says, in an apparent rebuff to Chancellor of the Exchequer, that higher taxes would infringe upon the UK’s ability to remain competitive in a world where China and India… Read more »
