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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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The Ministry of Defence has issued a strongly worded rebuttal of a recent select committee report that sharply criticised its procurement policy. At the end of July, the Defence Select Committee published its report into defence procurement, in which it suggested that the “Smart Acquisition” process, designed to deliver equipment faster, cheaper and better has… Read more »
In a major speech this morning, Tony Blair set out plans to transform the twentieth-century welfare state into a twenty-first century “opportunity society”. Speaking to a conference hosted by ippr and Demos, Mr Blair said he wanted to see social mobility – constant for almost thirty years – “rising once again, a dominant feature of… Read more »
